doing your search what search tool should i use? which type of search should i choose? which search...
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Doing your search
•What search tool should I use?
•Which type of search should I choose?
•Which search words should I type in?
•How can I decide what results to select?
•What should I do if I don’t get the results I want?
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Why may it be better to search Web of Science rather than an electronic journals package?
• Because that’s what Eileen told me
• Because Dei told me
• Because you search all the journals, not just the ones published by one company
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The relationship between global warming and extreme weather
Global warming
Extreme weather
AND
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Why might you NOT want to search Web of Science rather than an electronic
journals package?
• Electronic journals are cool, man
• My friends all prefer electronic journals
• BU Library doesn’t have all the journals indexed in Web of Science
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Which word EXPANDS your search, getting you more
results?
• AND
• BUT
• NOT
• OR
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Boolean AND search
global warming extreme weather
global warming and extreme weather
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Boolean OR search
extreme weather tornado* hurricane*
extreme weather or tornado* or hurricane*
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global warming or
climate change
extreme weather or tornado* or hurricane*
AND
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A complex Boolean search strategy
(extreme weather or hurricane* or tornado*) and (global warming or climate change)