Step Two: Gather information

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Step Two Gather information

• Applying the skills you learned during the
  Build-A Search presentation to find articles
  using Academic Search Premier, a periodical index

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Find articles (and more) using an index

• Some of the periodical indexes include citations
  (title, author, magazine name, volume and issue)
  for articles from hundreds of different
  magazines, journals and newspapers
• Some of the periodical indexes include citations
  for the articles AND the full-text of the article
• the word periodical refers to publications
  that are
• published at fixed intervals like daily,
  weekly, or monthly

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Andjust to be very confusing

• Some of the indexes contain information from
  sources other than periodicals! Some contain
  citations or full-text for information from
  government sources, conference proceedings, or
  even books

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Which periodical index?

• At most libraries, there are several different
  periodical indexes from which to choose when
  searching for information in magazines, journals
  and newspapers.
• At UOIT, weve created guides to help you
  identify the most useful indexes for each subject
  area

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http//uoit.ca/library
Click here
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Scroll through the lists of subjects until you
find one that represents your topic.
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Select the link to e-journals, magazines,
newspapers and more
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Indexes are listed in alphabetical order, not by
order of importance!
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Major indexes, other indexes

• Read the descriptions for ALL of the indexes, and
  select the one that best matches your needs
• See also the multi-disciplinary indexes theyre
  often a good starting point for your article
  searches
• The periodical index Im going to use in this
  presentation is a multi-disciplinary index

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Academic Search Premier

• This is a good place to start for many subjects,
  because it is multi-disciplinary (covers subjects
  from art to zoology), big, and fairly easy to use
• The following slides show you how to access this
  database

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Input your student number (username). Input your
password the same one that you use to log-in to
the computer. Contact the IT Help Desk at 905
721-2000 x3333 if you require assistance.
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You can input the same search strategy that you
used in the library catalogue. If you use the
wildcard symbol, be sure to use the . Thats
the wildcard symbol in this database. Note how
the database search screen prompts you to use
Boolean logic correctly ?
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Search retrieves 13511 hits Need to refine
strategy
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Use a NARROWING technique

• Quotation marks
• More specific term
• Additional concept (use AND between
  conceptsavian flu AND vaccine AND)
• Subject term

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Learn more about subject headings

• Google
• University of Winnipeg getting a hair cut

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See ONLY those ones that have the subject heading
AVIAN INFLUENZA.
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Still too many items retrieved narrow the
results again
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Finding Full-Text of Articles
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RACER
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Confused? Need Help?

• Email me at Susan.Pratt_at_uoit.ca with your
  questions or comments
• Reference Desk Hours
• Reference Desk 905.721.3082
• Step 3 (analyze and evaluate)
• Step 4 (use/present information cite sources)