Search Strategies

Understand the relationship between reference interview technique and search strategy.
Identify and explain the search strategy appropriate to a given question.
Identify basic strategies for starting any search.
Introduce the Central Library’s public service departments and identify their unique resources.
Introduce Core Reference Collection.
Training Objectives

You don’t have to know everything … You just have to know how to find it. Search Strategies

Search = Question + Information Resources
Type
Language
Parameters
Type
Language
Parameters
The Search

The Question
Type
Language
Parameters
Request for a specific item or single fact
Request for information about a subject

How accurately the customer communicates the question
How accurately you interpret the question
The Question
Type
Language
Parameters

When is the info needed?
Purpose
School assignment
Format
Subject interrelationships
Time Frame
Geographical boundaries
The Question
Type
Language
Parameters

Search = Question + Information Resources
Type
Language
Parameters
Type
Language
Parameters
The Search

Type
Language
Parameters
Single tool
Collection (within a collection)
Network
Information Resources

Type
Language
Parameters
How it should be approached
Its points of access
The form the entries should take

Direct resource Produces the actual information
Indirect resource Refers searcher somewhere else
Type
Language
Parameters

The Search Process
Verify the question
Categorize the question
Identify type of search
Identify resources useful to search
Translate question
Conduct the search
Deliver the information

The Search Process Verify the question

The Search Process Categorize the question

The Search Process Identify the type of search

The Search Process Identify resources useful for the search

The Search Process Translate question into the language of the selected source

Everything should be made as simple as possible. Albert Einstein

The Search Process Conduct the search

The Search Process Deliver the information

The Search Process If the question is not answered. . .
Have I misunderstood the question?
Do I need to rethink my strategy?
Did I follow through on each decision?
Should I have tried alternative approaches?
Is this question more appropriately answered by another agency?

The Search Process Remember…
NEVER try to persuade a dissatisfied customer that the information is acceptable
Never say we are unable to answer a question without first consulting other staff

The Search Process Summary…
The more you perform searches and use the resources. . .
You will learn about the collection
You will develop short cuts
You will learn which sources work best for you and go right to them

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Search Strategies

by Damone Virgilio on Jul 20, 2007

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