Keywords, Synonyms, & Interlibrary Loan
- 1. Keywords, Synonyms, & Interlibrary Loan Sarah Schmidt Reference and Government Information Librarian
- 2. @ the library: get access to the info you need that isn’t freely available online Library resources are free and only for ASU community members, including students!
- 17. U-Search searches the full text of SOME of the electronic information at the library
- 18. RamCat searches the records of every item the library has access to
- 32. Advanced Searches: 1. Formulate a research question 2. Tinker with the question in the database How? Play around with: • Your words • Information type • Subjects tagged on to articles
- 33. Formulate a research question Think about: • What you want to learn from the project • Your current thesis statement
- 34. Formulate a research question -Why is it bad for athletes to use steroids in the first place? -How widespread an issue is this, anyway? -Should Major League Baseball have better drug testing procedures? -Should the federal government step in? -What other solutions are there?
- 42. How to get more targeted results Tip #1: Use Synonyms
- 46. How to get more targeted results Tip #2: Take out the seaweed
- 51. How to get more targeted results Tip #3: Limit by information type
- 55. How to get more targeted results Tip #4: Limit by subject
- 67. 360 Link Tells you which other databases have the full- text of an article