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1102 - Dr. Phil Fishman
March 10, 2008
Instructors: Kristy Padron (kpadron@fau.edu)
and Stacey Mihm
(smihm@fau.edu)
I. Creating a Search Strategy
Save time and find the information you want: Create a search strategy!
A. Write a phrase describing the topic of your paper.
B.
Underline the key words in your phrase.
C. Generate other words (or synonyms) that describe your key words.
D. List the types of information you need to find for your
paper.
II. Finding Books:
FAU Library Catalog
- Basic Search: find books by Keyword, Title, or Author.
- Advanced Search: combine more than one word.
- Take note of Book Location, Call Number and Availability.
- Write down the name of a book you may be able to use, along with its
location and call number.
III. Searching for Articles: Indexes/Databases
Databases are collections of articles from newspapers, magazines, and
journals.
- EzProxy/OffCampus
Connect: to use databases from home, log in using your OWL Card Number.
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Literature Resource Center:
Delivers biographical information on authors and some criticism and
interpretation of their works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry,
drama, history, and journalism
- Literature Online:
Provides access to works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 180
full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
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JSTOR: Provides full-text articles from journals in the arts and
humanities.
- Refine your search results: combine more than one search word, and
also use limiters such as “Full Text Only” or “Scholarly/Peer Reviewed”.
- SFX: If the full-text of a library article is not available, select “SFX”.
It will open windows and provide links to other databases that may have the
article.
IV. Additional Research Assistance
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