The document discusses various options and techniques for searching online databases. It explains that there is a choice between simple and advanced search screens, with the advanced screen offering more precision and power. Within databases, there is also often a choice that must be made between searching by subject/topic, keyword, or full text. The document provides tips for making these choices and using other tools like filters, phrases, and sorting to refine search results. It stresses considering the type of sources an instructor expects to be cited.

1. How Use an Online Database The stuff you need to know about searching…..

2. Simple vs. Advanced Did you know when you are searching an online database or an Internet search engine, you have a major searching interface choice? Why go beyond the simple search screen? It’s about POWER

3. Simple Screen in a Database

4. Advanced Screen in a Database

5. Simple Screen Click here for more precision and power!

6. Advanced Screen

7. Also, within your database, you will often have to make another choice!

10. An Important Choice

11. Another Choice

12. Use the language and structure of the database to gather relevant material. Subject headings or descriptors

13. In some databases this choice is critical!

14. Most search engines also offer subject / topic clusters You can open these categories!

15. Just a few more tricks…..

16. http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/curriculum/do/search Search / filter by media type (Also phrase searching Searching by media type and using phrases

17. Don’t forget the tabs across the top of the page!

18. Sorting results

19. Find command helpful for lots of text, or search results

22. Filter for scholarly and for full text