Library database search strategies

2. Today
Google v. Library
Search Strategies
How to Search
Where to Search

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4. Google for Research?
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5. What’s Online?
The Free Internet:
Wikipedia, YouTube,
etc.
Searchable by Google,
Yahoo, etc

6. What’s Online?
The Rest of
Internet:
Subscription Content
Professional Information
The Library can help!
The Free Internet:
Wikipedia, YouTube,
etc.
Searchable by Google,
Yahoo, etc

7. Library Databases
Get More of what you need
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8. Database?
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9. An online collection of information
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10. Books
Journal Articles
Media
Art
Government Documents
And More!

11. Searching in the Library:
Same as Google?
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12. The history of
genetic engineering
in pop culture.
Research Topic

13. The history of
genetic engineering
in pop culture.
Identify the Main Ideas

14. The history of
genetic engineering
in pop culture.
Identify the Main Ideas

15. Music
Food
Celebrities
Pop
culture
AND
narrows your search by connecting concepts
Genetic
engineering
Pop culture AND genetic engineering

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17. Alternate Key Words
• Synonyms or related words
• Medical, Legal, Scientific
alternatives
• Google and Wikipedia
• Ask a friend
• Thesaurus.com

18. Identify Alternative Keywords
Genetic engineering
DNA modification
Playing God
DNA alteration

19. Identify Alternative Keywords
Genetic engineering
OR
DNA modification
OR
Playing God
OR
DNA alteration

20. Pop
culture
Genetic
Engineering
OR
DNA modification
AND and OR together

21. Truncation
Search for: Engineering
Key Concept: Engineering

22. Truncation
Engine
Engineer
Engineering
Engineered
Search for: Engine*
You get: English
Engaged
Englobe
Engrave
Search for: Eng*
You get:
Key Concept: Engineering