Advanced Features In Ebsco And Infotrac
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This document provides an overview of advanced search features available in EBSCO and InfoTrac databases. It describes features such as saving articles and searches to personal accounts, setting up RSS feeds and email alerts, using subject headings and thesauri, and searching within specific fields. Boolean operators, wildcards, truncation, proximity searching and nesting are explained as methods for power searching across multiple databases within EBSCO and InfoTrac simultaneously. Examples of advanced search techniques are also provided.
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3. Use the library catalog to find books and databases like ProQuest, EBSCO, and Gale Reference Library to find scholarly journal articles.
4. Evaluate websites and sources for relevance, authority, objectivity, and publication date before using them in your research.
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- Citation style guides (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.) provide standard formats for citing sources in papers and bibliographies to give credit to authors and allow readers to find the sources themselves.
- Online citation generators can help format citations, but should be double checked against the official style guide as generators sometimes make mistakes.
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- The library has print and online resources for citing - ask a librarian if you need help selecting the appropriate style guide or have other citation questions. Proper citation shows
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Library Catalogues: from Traditional to Next-Generation
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