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Sail through databases 2014
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Goals of this session
• Journals and Databases
Learn about
• Too many results? Too few results?• Spelling challenges?
Search – tips & tricks
• Informit – Australian database• Factiva – newspaper database• Scopus – citation database
Explore some databases
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Features of journals
Published regularly
The latest research
May have a narrow focus
Articles by different authors
Formal, abstract language
Peer reviewed by experts
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What’s this got to do with databases?
Databases are collections of• journals• newspaper articles • conference papers
Databases are searchable • like the internet
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Search strategy
keywords search tools search strategy
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Our topic
Literature Review:
Teenage mental healthcan be improved by exercise
What are the keywords?
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Brainstorm keywordsteenage
adolescents
young adults
teens
youth
juvenile
mental health
mental illness
psychology
intellectual
emotional well-being
anxiety
self-esteem
exercise
sports
active
workout
fitness
movement
athletics
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Search tools
Search tools tell the search engine how to combine your keywords,
to find relevant search results
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AND OR NOT
AND – all keywords joined by AND will appear in resultsOR – any keywords joined by OR may appear in resultsNOT – excludes a word from the results
Use OR between alternative wordsUse AND between the different keywords
teenager AND mental AND health AND exercise
teenager OR adolescent OR youth
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More search tools
Truncation: psycholog* = psychology, psychological
Wildcards: vigo?r = vigor or vigour
Phrase searching: “young adults” more specific than young adults
Brackets – lets you group search combinations
Subject field search – target your searches
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How it works together
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Keywords + Search toolsteenage*ORadolescen* OR“young adults”ORteensORyouthORjuvenile
“mental health”OR“mental illness”ORpsycholog*ORintellectualOR“emotional well-being”ORanxiety OR anxiousORself-esteem
exerciseORsportsORactivityORworkoutORfitnessORmovementORathletics
AND AND
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Your search might look like this
(“young adults” OR teenage* OR youth OR adolescen*)
AND (psycholog* OR “mental health” OR well-being)
AND (exercise OR active OR sports)
NOT (obesity OR ADHD OR disability)
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Most databases have an…
Advanced Search
You can combine search tools with your keywords
Check each database to learn about its tools Look for search tips or search hints or help
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Find Databases – Library website
Find databases by subject or name
Subject guides recommend databases
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Three ways to find a database
Complete A-Z List
Find all databases for a particular
subject area
Select a letter (Database name)
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The complete list of databases
Subject area
More information and tutorials
Database name is the link
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Informit – Australian databases
A+ Education
AANRO (agriculture)
AGIS for Law
APA-FT for current affairs
AUSPORT
Engineering Collection
Health Collection
Humanities & Social Sciences Collection
Indigenous Collection
Literature & Cultural Collection
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The complete list of databases
Select Informit
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Informit – Simple Search
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Informit – Help
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Informit – Search Hints
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Informit – Advanced Search
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Informit – Select a field
Search for your keywords in selected fields
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Informit – AND Phrase OR
All terms = AND Exact phrase = “ ” Any term = OR
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Informit – AND OR NOT
Use multiple rows to refine your search
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Informit – Advanced Search
Add more rows
Refine by date
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Create your search in Informit
DO NOT select Full Text Records Only
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Summary of your search
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Select Full Text (PDF, external, link)
Link to full text
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Expand your search
Increased results
Change to Any field
It will search for your keywords in all fields
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What if you want to find…
Newspaper articles
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Find newspaper articles
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Factiva - Newspapers
Only 3 concurrent users
Search for newspaper articles, news wires, and market information
You will need your search strategy
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Factiva Search Options
ANDOR
NOT“Phrase”
Use AND OR NOT truncation* “phrase searching” (and brackets to group parts of the search)
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Factiva Search Form - A
Enter main keywords and search for last 2 years… OR
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Factiva Search Form - B
Use the features of the form and search tools to create a better search
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Factiva Free Text Search
(teen* or adolescen* or “young adult*” or youth) and (exercise or sports or active or fitness) and
(“mental health” or psycholog* or well-being)
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Limit by Source Type: Newspapers
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Limit by Region: Australia
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Factiva Free Text Search
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Factiva Results screen
See the next 100 headlines Modify your search
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Read the article
Back to search results
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Please logout when you are finished
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Scopus – citation database
High-level research, especially for health sciences
Finds articles that are available in other databases
See if other authors have referred to that article
Find other articles and books written by an author
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Go to S for Scopus
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Scopus Document Search - options
Limit by year range
Add more words to your search
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Field searching
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Document Type searching
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Your search in Scopus
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Read the Abstract first!Hover mouse to reveal this link
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Select Link to Full Text
Articles may be in different databases
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You can’t access this article
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Be flexible with your search strategyteenage*ORadolescen* OR“young adults”ORteensORyouthORjuvenile
“mental health”OR“healthy mind”ORpsycholog*ORintellectualOR“emotional well-being”ORperceptions
exerciseORsportsORactivityORworkoutORfitnessORmovementORathletics
AND AND
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AuthorityWho are the authors?
With whom are they affiliated?
Evaluate information
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Online database tutorialsSelect More details for tutorials
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Need more help?
Subject Guides and How to Guides
© University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. CRICOS Provider No. 01595DDatabases listed on the Journals & Databases tab of your subject guide
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What we have learned about
Using AND OR NOT
Using * ? “phrase search”
Building a search
Australian databases
Citation databases
Newspaper databases
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