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A Librarian’s Tips and Tricks for Improved Literature Searching

A Librarian’s Tips and Tricks for Improved Literature Searching. Elizabeth Killingsworth, MLS University of Central Florida Libraries April 5, 2013. Who I Am >>>>. Elizabeth Killingsworth, UCF Librarian What we’re going to do today Why you should care!

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A Librarian’s Tips and Tricks for Improved Literature Searching

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  1. A Librarian’s Tips and Tricks for Improved Literature Searching Elizabeth Killingsworth, MLS University of Central Florida Libraries April 5, 2013

  2. Who I Am >>>> • Elizabeth Killingsworth, UCF Librarian • What we’re going to do today • Why you should care! Save you time, aggravation, and keep you up-to-date!

  3. Focusing the Question • Start with a conversation with yourself: What do you really want to find? • Example: I want information on improving the diet of school children

  4. What do you REALLY want? I want information on improving the diet of school children! • Diet? what does this mean to you….. • School children? define please! • Improve how, with what? By whom?

  5. Turns out I really want this: How can we reduce the number of sugary drinks being consumed by children?

  6. What are the key concepts • Identify the concepts that MUST be in each article for you to want the article • Are there synonyms for each concept? • Related words? • Aspects?

  7. Boolean • AND (smaller and smaller) • OR (bigger and bigger) • NOT (cut it out)

  8. Where to look? FREE • PubMed • Google Scholar • Google • Google Books • PAID • Ebscohost • OVID • Proquest

  9. DEMO

  10. Find Mo’ Betta • Read, read, read to expand your vocabulary on the topic, to understand the aspects you might be interested in, to learn who the experts might be and to focus your question! • Use Related Citations Features • Follow trails: Read bibliographies! Pay attention to author’s names

  11. What to do if you’re not finding what you need! • Re-think: how else would someone talk about this problem? What other words might they use? • Use the Advanced search to enter synonyms • Contact a librarian!

  12. Contact Me! Elizabeth Killingsworth Elizabeth.killingsworth@ucf.edu 407-823-4250

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