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• McFARLIN LIBRARY RESOURCES

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RITA HOWELL

• E-MAIL
• rita-howell_at_utulsa.edu
• PHONE
• 631-2876

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Research Sources

• INNOPAC
• Library Catalog

• Online Indexes
• EBSCOHost
• First Search
• InfoTrac
• Mergent Online

Business Subject Guide http//www.lib.utulsa.edu/
bi/business.htm
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Access to Library Resources

• All these resources, and much more, may be
  accessed through the McFarlin Library website
• http//www.lib.utulsa.edu

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Use INNOPAC to Locate

• Books
• Magazines journals
• Documents
• Special Collections

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Search INNOPAC by

• Authors Name
• Title
• Subject Heading
• Journal Title
• Keyword

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Finding Journal Articles

• Online Indexes
• EBSCOHost
• First Search
• InfoTrac
• Mergent Online

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What are Indexes?

• Purpose To identify articles published in the
  professional and scholarly literature on topics
  relevant to your research project.
• All indexes provide a citation, many provide an
  abstract, and a few provide the full text of the
  article.

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EBSCOhost Databases

• Academic Search Elite
• Business Source Elite
• ERIC
• Health Source Consumer Edition
• Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition

• MAS FullTEXT Ultra
• MasterFILE Premier
• MEDLINE
• Newspaper Source
• PsychInfo
• Professional Development
•  

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FirstSearch Databases

• Applied Science Technology
• ArticleFirst
• ContentsFirst
• ECO
• ERIC

• GPO
• Medline
• MLA
• SocAbstracts
• World Almanac
• WorldCat

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InfoTrac Databases

• Business And Company Resource Center
• LegalTrac
• Reference Link
• Literature Resource Center

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Locating Journals in INNOPAC

• If an online index was used, but the article
  was not available in full text
• you must use INNOPAC to find out if McFarlin
  Library subscribes to the journal that publishes
  the article you need.

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Keyword Searching

• Use Boolean Searching

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Definition of Boolean Searching

• Type of computer search that combines terms using
  three operators
• AND
• OR
• NOT
• The operator determines how the computer searches
  its database.

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and

• Computer searches for every record that
  contains all the words in the search

organization and work teams
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or

• Computer searches for every record that
  mentions at least one search word

United States or Europe
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not

• Computer gives us every record that mentions
  one word but not another

cowboys not Dallas
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Use Boolean Searching because it is

• Powerful
• Flexible
• Versatile
• INNOPAC
• FirstSearch
• Internet
• . . . .and more
• Think Carefully before searching

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Hints for Successful Searching

• Remember what each operator does
• AND / NOT Narrow
• OR Broaden
• Plan carefully
• Develop vocabulary
• Key concepts
• Synonyms
• Search Strategy

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Hints for Successful Searching

• Truncation
• research and organization
• Wildcards
• womn

1 Searcher
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QUESTIONS?
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Topics

• Empowering employees is a key to reducing
  management conflicts.
• Building a successful virtual team in an
  organization.

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INNOPAC Search Screen