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The Kansas Library Card

Researching the smart way

A digital collection of information: Examples?

Examples◦ AR◦ PowerSchool◦ OPAC◦ Amazon.com

What is a database?

Why not just Google it?

Databases◦ All sources have gone through an editing process◦ Reliable and trustworthy◦ Source citations are done for you◦ One-stop-shopping for all of your information

needs

Why search a database?

How do you access the KSLC? www.usd250.org

◦ Schools◦ Pittsburg Community Middle School◦ Faculty and Staff◦ Library Resources◦ PCMS Library Website

The Kansas Library Card

The Kansas Library Card

www.kslc.org PIN Birthdate

The Kansas Library Card Login

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Learning and School Resources Middle Search Plus

◦ EBSCO

Create an account!

EBSCO

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Fast and easy Not many options to limit your results

◦ Limit your results: FULL TEXT◦ Limit your results: Lexile

EBSCO—Basic Search

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Many options to expand or limit results◦ Select a Field◦ Boolean Operators◦ Limit results

Full text Lexile Dates

EBSCO—Advanced Search

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All Text vs. Subject Terms What does All Text mean? All Text

◦ A word or phrase located in the text of the article

◦ Often produces too many results or irrelevant results

Advanced Search—Select a Field

Subject Term: What is it? A word or phrase describing what the article

is ABOUT◦ Searches only the CONTROLLED VOCABULARY

(words used to tag information in a database)◦ Less flexible, but very relevant

Advanced Search—Subject Terms

Always try a subject search first! If the search does not produce many

results, try All Text to expand your options

Advanced Search:All Text vs. Subject

To locate subject terms, click on the subjects at the top of screen

Locating Subject Terms

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Use Boolean Operators to narrow search◦ AND◦ OR◦ NOT

EBSCO—Advanced Search

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Open and view Create notes with option to print Print article Email article Save to folder in EBSCO database

EBSCO--Articles

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What does it mean to cite an article? Cite an article—give credit to your sources Citing from Ebsco

◦ Export to Bibliographic Management Software◦ Direct Export to EasyBib◦ Save◦ Import (without abstracts)◦ Copy and paste

Citing an Article

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Double Quotation Marks Wildcards Truncation

OTHER HINTS

Use double quotation marks to search for exact phrases (exact order)

Great for use with compound words STOP WORDS such as so, and, the, of, etc.

are never searched, regardless of quotations

Examples: “heart attack”, “dog house”, “tree house”

Double Quotation Marks

Use for terms with unknown letters or alternate spellings

?◦ Example: calend?r

#◦ Example: col#r (color or colour)

Wildcards

Enter the root word for the search term, along with the truncation symbol (*), and the database searches for all forms of the word

Example: educat* Educate Education Educated Educating Educates

Truncation

Name forms of the following roots? Examples

◦ Read*◦ Creat*◦ Theat*

Truncation

Databases Accessing Kansas Library Card Creating EBSCO Account Basic Search vs. Advanced Search All Text vs. Subject Term Boolean Operators Citing an article Double Quotation Marks Wildcards Truncation

Kansas Library Card Review

Happy Searching!