2. Don’t have a NCPS Pro EasyBib Account follow these steps
1. Log onto the library’s home page
2. Click on Google
3. Enter your NCPS password
4. Click on dots
5. Click on More
6. Click on EasyBib
7. Create a new project
8. Name your project MPW 2018
View next few slides visual step by step
instruction
If you have a NCPS EasyBib account go to slide 7-Add a new project
10. 1. Once you have
created a new
project and named
it MPW 2018, you
are ready to do
your research in
eLibrary Science
11. 1. Log onto the library’s home page
2. Click on databases
3. Enter username and password
4. Select eLibrary Science
Next three slides are a visual guide
15. 1. What do you need to fill-in?
2. What do you need to
select?
3. What do you need to
check ?
Look at the next slide, look
at the arrows
16. Keywords
Natural OR Boolean
Format
Check health
Date- 2 years
middle included grades 9 & 10)
17. What are the keywords you are searching
for? (Search terms)
If your not sure?
1. open your MPW website,
2. open the research page,
3. look at your research question.
4. Your keywords should be underlined
18. Using your keywords enter an advanced
strategy: Boolean operators (AND OR
NOT) , truncation *, into the search box
To see an explanation of Boolean
operators and truncation, please look at
the next three slide
19. Seaching for keywords using
truncation*
* (asterisk) is a truncation symbol. It increases
your search term possibilities. You get more results
cardio* =
cardio training
cardio workout
cardiology
cardiovascular
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular endurance
cardiovascular fitness
20. Boolean Operators: AND OR NOT
AND narrows the search
You get Fewer results/hits
when you use AND
21. An Advanced search strategy
example
cardio* AND exercise OR fitness
fitne
http://www.healingdaily.com
22. Do you want to use natural
language (Google) or Boolean
(AND OR NOT)?
1. click on Boolean if you are
using a Boolean operator (AND
OR NOT)
23. What format do you want the information
in? You only want magazines so
Uncheck others. magazines
25. What is the date range you
are searching?
Using the drop down arrow
1. Select last two years
26. Using the drop down arrow
1. 1. Select Middle (middle
searches 9 and 10 grades)
27. Your eLibrary
Science screen
should look
something like this.
After you make sure
everything is
correctly filled-in or
check, click on
search.
28. Review your
results. Then
select one (1)
magazine article
to print and cite
on Easy Bib
29. Look at the article. EALUATE: currency, relevance, authority, acuuracy and purpose
(CRAAP test). Does it answer your research question?
If this article answers
your research question
1. please print a friendly
version, HS LAB A or
HS LIB XEROX
2. Click on citation
CITE
30. Copy MLA
And paste it into
your NCPS
EasyBib
account
34. 1. Paste your
citation for your
magazine article
from your
eLibrary database
search in the box
2. Click on create
citation
Click Create!!!
35. 1. You can now add
another citation
to your
bibliography,
share it or export
it to Google
36. 1. Now log onto Google or any other internet
search engine
2. Do a search using the same advanced research
strategy you used on eLibrary Science
3. Select an article from the web that answers your
research question
4. Make a copy of the URL (web address)
5. Log onto Easy Bib
6. Click on My Projects
7. Click on MPW 2018- Bibliography
8. Enter URL into box-website
9. Click on Cite It
10. Check information
11. Click on continue
12. ADD missing Information if you can find it
13. Click create citation
