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Advanced database searchingUTS:LIBRARYLIB.UTS.EDU.AU0158115Borrow books from 15 Australian & NZ university libraries3 week loansBooks are kept in Open Reserve once they’re sent hereInterLibrary loansObtain articles, books and book chapters that aren’t available via UTS Library will be sent to you within 48 hours DatabasesUTS Library > Find DatabasesSearch by subject, and choose your areaTop databases are a great place to start!Full Text: the whole article is available onlineAbstract: a summary of the article is available. Use the Library Catalogue to find the article by doing a Journal Title searchRemember!Truncation: searches for part of a word, and then any ending that might come after the truncation symbol (usually * or $)E.g. sustainab*Phrase searching: searches for an exact phrase using quotation marksE.g. “green IT”Abstract searching: a good way to quickly narrow down a large search resultBoolean operatorsAND – finds results that have both keywords, e.g. “information technology” AND sustainab*OR – between synonyms to expands results, e.g. “information technology” OR ICTNOT – excludes terms, e.g. “information technology” NOT “green IT”ScopusScopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 22,000 titles from over 5,000 publishers, of which 20,000 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences. Good for citation tracking – seeing who has cited articles and who articles cite. Informit databasesLargest Australian group of databasesKey: APA-FT, Humanities & Social Sciences Collection.Some full text. Use SFX to obtain whole articleProQuestLarge multidisciplinary database. Mix of abstract & full textUse SFX to obtain whole article.Google Scholar – use this URL to access Google Scholar off campusGoogle Scholar does not allow truncation, but does some automaticallyResearch ConsultationsWe recommend you book a Research Consultation with a librarian for assistance in selecting the best databases in your subject. Keyword selection tips: Think of other ways of saying the same thingEg. Social change / societal change & impulse buying / impulse purchasing Has the term changed over time? Some ideas & concepts morph over timeE.g. Internet / web / information super highway Use the information you get from your searches & feed those terms back into your search strategy.Need articles prior to 1990? Check the timeframe of the database contents and use a hardcopy index if the database doesn’t go back far enough. Contact an Information Services librarian for assistance with this. Do a Google/Google Scholar search for synonymsThink about spelling variations between the various “Englishes”Keep in mind that things are named differently in English speaking countries too. E.g. tendering in Australia is known as bidding in the USA. This is especially important when searching international literature.Has a word changed from 2 words to one over time? Eg post modern / postmodernUse the database’s Thesaurus or Subject Terms to find “preferred terms”.With phrases, think about splitting them. Often a word will be inserted in between anyway. Some databases (including Google Scholar) allow proximity searching. Eg “citation ** analysis” looks for the words citation and analysis with 2 words separating them. (citation indexing and analysis)Too many results? Limit search terms to the abstract. A quick way to make results more focussed. Recommend not searching for more than 2 terms in the abstract.Add another word to the search.Too few results?Check spellingRemove brackets if you’ve used them. Set the words free!Try truncating all the search terms.Consider terminology – is it different in other English speaking countries?Do a more broad search on the subject Put AND between wordsRemember: AND narrows results while OR expands resultsOther search strategiesTruncate words. Eg. Globali* manufactur* indigen* globali?ation. wildcard for alternate letters: globalization globalisationSFX an article. SFX is an automated search of the other full text databases & catalogue which will search for the whole article. Click “GO”Limit to scholarly articles. Many databases are a mix of trade publications and magazines.Limit by year of publication. ................
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