Searching Library Resources NM3210 Cybercrime and Society

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Title: Searching Library Resources NM3210 Cybercrime and Society

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Searching Library ResourcesNM3210 Cybercrime
and Society

Gan Kim Hong Rahimah Md Moasi
clbgkh_at_nus.edu.sg clbrmm_at_nus.edu.sg
August 2009

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What we will cover

Boolean Logic
Database Searching
Proxy Bookmarklet
NUS Libraries InfoGate

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Topic Cybercrime

Possible search queries
1. cybercrime
2. cyber crime
3. cyber crimes
4. internet crimes
5. computer crimes

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Boolean Operators

or any of the terms may be present
and all terms must be present
not excludes specific search term

using and operator narrows the search
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Truncation Wildcard

Truncation
crime retrieves crime, crimes (anything that
comes after crime)
Wildcard
wom?n retrieves woman and women
(symbol ? replaces one character)

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monitor and (cybercrime or (cyber crime) or
(internet crime) or (computer crime)) and
Singapore
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Keyword Search using Boolean Logic

Identify the key concepts
enclose each concept in parenthesis
string the concepts using and
Within each concept
list as many synonyms as possible
string the synonyms using or
Use truncation
to capture variant forms of a search term
Phrase search
use quotation marks to group words into a phrase

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Mechanics of Database Searching

Formulate search query using Boolean logic
Sort by relevance
Refine search (e.g. narrow down the results)
Mark
Save

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LexisNexis Academic
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Specify source Singapore
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Sort by relevance
Save records Print, email or download
Mark records
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Log In to Factiva
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Specify source Hong Kong
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Search Straits Times
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Searching for Journal Articles in LINC
title of article

Hinduja, Sameer, and Patchin, Justin W. (2008).
Personal information of adolescents on the
Internet a quantitative content analysis of
MySpace. Journal of Adolescence, 31 (1).
125-146.

title of journal
In LINC, which title do we search?
journal title
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Searching Full-text Databases

EbscoHost
InformaWorld
Project Muse
Proquest
Sage
ScienceDirect
See Library portal for a complete list

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ScienceDirect
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Library Proxy Bookmarklet

Inserts the NUS library proxy stem
(libproxy1.nus.edu.sg) into the URL of the
article
Connects you to the library proxy and allows you
to view the full-text of the article straightaway
if it is subscribed by NUS Libraries

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From URL links in Websites
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From URL links in Email Alerts
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How do I install the Proxy Bookmarklet in my
browser?

Click on the link below and follow the
instructions
http//lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/d/proxybkmrklet_google.
html

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How to use the proxy bookmarklet?

Click on the URL of the article
Click on the library proxy bookmarklet
In your Internet browserFavorites ? NUS
Libraries Proxy Bookmarklet
You will be prompted for your NUSNET ID and
password if you have not login previously during
the session

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Library InfoGate