Database Tips n Tricks

Super Secret Searching Tips

1.BooleanAND, OR, NOT. More on these in a minute.

2.Phrase searchesPut quotation marks around something and search it as a phrase! like…. “Gun control”

Ever try to search for song lyrics on google? This trick helps!

3. Capital letters don’t matter

4. Use the built in filters!

5. The * Trick more on this in a minute too.

BooleanThese are logic terms, named after a mathematician, that also help us search!

AND

AND limits your search, since results must have ALL your search terms.

OR

OR expands your search, since results can include ANY of your search terms.

NOT

NOT limits your search by eliminating all results containing certain words.

BooleanThese are logic terms, named after a mathematician, that also help us search!

AND

AND limits your search, since results must have ALL your search terms.

OR

OR expands your search, since results can include ANY of your search terms.

NOT

NOT limits your search by eliminating all results containing certain words.

Built in Boolean!

The * trick

Search multiple words at the same time:

Librar* = library, librarian, libraries, librarians

Garden* = garden, gardens, gardening, gardener

Bull* = bull, bulls, bullying, bullies, bully

POWER searching

Search ALL Ebsco or ALL Gale databases at once

Google

Single Database

Power searching (multiple

Databases)

Today’s Concepts:

Databases

…Searching tips…Searching tricks…Boolean – And, Or, Not

Your Turn!

Career focus & databases!

One Minute Write up:

How do you feel about databases?

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Questions or concerns?