HOW TO BEA SUPERSEARCHER

THESIX STEPMETHOD

DEFINEYOURTOPIC

ONE:

TWO:PULL

KEYWORDSFROM YOUR

TOPIC QUESTION

AND

BRAINSTORMSYNONYMS

FOR THOSE WORDS

THREE:

SEARCH INRESEARCHDATABASES

ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIERPSYCINFO

LEXISNEXISWEB OF SCIENCE

LIKE:

FIND THEM ON THE DATABASES PAGE

FOUR:

USEBOOLEAN

OPERATORS

BRAINSTORMSYNONYMS

FOR THOSE WORDS

A OR B

A AND B

A NOT B

FIVE:

USESUBJECT

HEADINGS

THESAURUSSUBJECTS

LOOK FOR:

THESAURUSSUBJECTS

IT’S LIKETAGGING.

ONLY BETTER.

SIX:USE FOOTNOTE

CHASING &CITED REFERENCE

SEARCHING

FOOTNOTECHASING IS:

FINDING ARTICLESBY LOOKING AT

THE REFERENCES OFRELEVANT ARTICLES

CITED REFERENCESEARCHING IS:

FINDING WHOHAS CITEDRELEVANTARTICLES

USE:

GOOGLE SCHOLARWEB OF SCIENCE

QUESTIONS?ASK YOURLIBRARIAN

gvsu.edu/library

CREDITS

Slide One. Fonzie’s Cousin - http://www.!ickr.com/photos/89927155@N00/4587806696/sizes/o/in/set-72157594405581085/