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Search Smart: Combine Keywords Using Parentheses (00:01:13)
This video shows you how to use parentheses to combine multiple keywords to be searched. It explains how to combine keywords to create a set and how to use this technique in various databases such as Scopus and Academic Search Premier.
Search Smart: Combine Keywords Using Parentheses
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Search Smart: Expand Your Keywords (00:01:12)
This video shows you how to think of and use alternative terms and keywords to form a search query. It uses the example of searching for information on \"oranges\" and \"design and engineering of tall buildings\" to demonstrate how to use synonyms, different aspects of the concept, variant endings, and abbreviations to expand keywords.
Search Smart: Expand Your Keywords
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Search Smart: Use Boolean Operators (00:00:37)
This video provides an overview of how to use Boolean operators when conducting a search to narrow down or broaden the results. It explains the three Boolean operators: AND, OR, and NOT, and demonstrates how to use them to connect keywords in a search.
Search Smart: Use Boolean Operators
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Search Smart: Use Keywords Not Sentences (00:01:28)
This video provides tips on how to use keywords instead of sentences or natural language when conducting a search to improve search results. It explains how to break down a topic by removing unimportant words like basic verbs, articles, and vague descriptive words. It also provides exercises to help viewers practice identifying important keywords.
Search Smart: Use Keywords Not Sentences
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Search Smart: Use Phrase Search (00:01:07)
This video explains how phrase searching can help you narrow a search and retrieve more precise results. It explains how to use double quotes to search for two or more words as a phrase in most databases and search engines.
Search Smart: Use Phrase Search
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Search Smart: Use Truncation (00:01:02)
This video provides an explanation of how to use truncation when conducting a search to find words with a common root or stem. It also demonstrates how to use the most commonly used truncation symbol, an asterisk, and provides an exercise to help viewers understand the concept better.
Search Smart: Use Truncation
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Search Smart: Use Wildcards (00:01:31)
This video shows you how to use wildcard symbols to search for a word\\\'s variants. It explains the different symbols used for wildcards and provides examples of how to use them effectively to retrieve words with variant spellings.
Search Smart: Use Wildcards
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Subject Databases: Why & Intro to Selecting (00:01:18)
An introduction to subject specific databases and how to select them
Subject Databases: Why & Intro to Selecting
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To make ILL request via Library database (e.g. EBSCOhost) (00:01:21)
In this video, we will guide you on how to request a document via InterLibrary Loan in EBSCOhost. If you have found an article that you need but there\'s no full text available, don\'t worry! We will show you how to request it through the InterLibrary Loan service. This service allows you to request books, theses & dissertations, and other materials that are not available in your library.
To make ILL request via Library database (e.g. EBSCOhost)
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