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Searching Databases

Searching Databases. Database Speak. Database searching generalities. Literal If you type in a phrase it will search for the phrase Boolean operators/connectors AND - narrows OR - broadens Truncation/wildcard Allows you to easily search for variant word endings

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Searching Databases

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  1. Searching Databases Database Speak

  2. Database searching generalities • Literal • If you type in a phrase it will search for the phrase • Boolean operators/connectors • AND - narrows • OR - broadens • Truncation/wildcard • Allows you to easily search for variant word endings • * in the UW Libraries Catalog

  3. Boolean: AND japan crime japan AND crime

  4. Boolean: OR crime murder crime OR murder

  5. Boolean: combining crime murder japan (crime OR murder) AND japan

  6. Truncation/wildcard • Searches for variant word endings such as plural. • crim* finds: • crime • crimes • criminal • criminals • crimson • In other words the truncation symbol acts as an OR • crime OR crimes OR criminal OR criminals

  7. Creating Search Statements

  8. Developing a Search Statement TOPIC Key Concepts Related terms: People Places Events Dates Organizations Synonyms

  9. Developing a Search Statement TOPIC: Coverageof World War II in Japanese education Key Concepts Related terms:As you do your preliminary research you’ll come up with these terms. One good place to look is in a specialized encyclopedia. Synonyms

  10. Example Coverage of World War II in Japanese education World War II Japan education Pacific warworld war 1939-1945 Japanese schoolstextbookscurriculum Ienaga sosho,Ienaga Saburo, Nanjing massacre, Ministry of Education

  11. Search statements • Query typed into a database: • Keywords/key phrases/key concepts linked by Boolean connectors • (textbook* OR education) AND (world war ii OR pacific war) AND japan* • japan* AND (curricul* OR school*) AND war • ienaga saburo • ienaga AND textbook*

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