how to be a super searcher
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HOW TO BEA SUPERSEARCHER
THESIX STEPMETHOD
DEFINEYOURTOPIC
ONE:
TWO:PULL
KEYWORDSFROM YOUR
TOPIC QUESTION
AND
BRAINSTORMSYNONYMS
FOR THOSE WORDS
THREE:
SEARCH INRESEARCHDATABASES
ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIERPSYCINFO
LEXISNEXISWEB OF SCIENCE
LIKE:
FIND THEM ON THE DATABASES PAGE
FOUR:
USEBOOLEAN
OPERATORS
BRAINSTORMSYNONYMS
FOR THOSE WORDS
A OR B
A AND B
A NOT B
FIVE:
USESUBJECT
HEADINGS
THESAURUSSUBJECTS
LOOK FOR:
THESAURUSSUBJECTS
IT’S LIKETAGGING.
ONLY BETTER.
SIX:USE FOOTNOTE
CHASING &CITED REFERENCE
SEARCHING
FOOTNOTECHASING IS:
FINDING ARTICLESBY LOOKING AT
THE REFERENCES OFRELEVANT ARTICLES
CITED REFERENCESEARCHING IS:
FINDING WHOHAS CITEDRELEVANTARTICLES
USE:
GOOGLE SCHOLARWEB OF SCIENCE
QUESTIONS?ASK YOURLIBRARIAN
gvsu.edu/library
CREDITS
Slide One. Fonzie’s Cousin - http://www.!ickr.com/photos/89927155@N00/4587806696/sizes/o/in/set-72157594405581085/
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