Tips for using the subscription databases

1. Welcome
Why using databases and eResources can be more useful than using Google for
Research.

2. Google Versus Gale
Google Gale
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3. Google search your state.
Google Versus Gale
Over 33 Million
Results!
First result is a state
government site for
adults not students.
Second result for
the university. Your results in Google are
websites that anyone could
have written and you need
books, magazine articles, and
Random articles newspapers.
on university
sports.
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4. You can’t trust everything you read online.
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
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5. You can’t trust everything you read online.
http://allaboutexplorers.com
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6. What is in Wikipedia?
Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?
http://www.jocolibrary.org/templates/JCL_NewsListItem.aspx?id=5801
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7. What is in Wikipedia: About Page.
Wikipedia itself says: “newer
articles may contain misinformation,
unencyclopedic content, or
vandalism”.
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8. Anyone can edit Wikipedia…
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9. What are in Databases?
Everything you see here…
Academic Magazines Websites Reference
Journals Books
Newspapers
Videos
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10. Search it all in a few seconds….
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11. Important Tools: Home Page
If you need a
specific magazine,
try the publication
search.
Try it as a Keyword
search first, if that
doesn’t work use
Type in your search Entire Document.
term here, just like
Google.
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12. Do you need “Peer reviewed journals” ? If so, check the box.

13. Tools at the Search Results Set
Use the overview
article to avoid
the Wikipedia
Click on
information
the title to
search.
read the
full text
article.
The citation
information tells you
what book the
article comes from.
Check out the
Use the Limit
different types of
by to narrow
materials here.
your search.
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14. Tools in the Articles
This is the book
Email the
the article comes
article to
from.
read later. Have the
article
translated
Have the article into another
read to you or put language!
Read full text
it on your IPod!
article online
without having to
pay per article.
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15. Yes, this is a “real” book…we just scanned it.
Go back to the
tools here if
you need to.
Now everyone in the state
has equal access to a great
reference library!
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16. Publication Page When you do a publication
search for Newsweek you
get this “About this
Publication” page
This tells
you it is
Search within all in full
of the back text.
issues.
Have the
magazine
emailed to you
as soon as it’s
Browse to an delivered!
issue!
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17. Free App for Androids and iPhones
Just type in “Access my
library” to the iStore or
marketplace. Select the
School Edition. You will
need the put the password
in the first time. See Ms.
Bernard for the password.
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18. Student Research Process
Wikipedia and
Google steps to
learn more.
Choose
keywords from
Which database Wikipedia to
should I use? type into the
Are there other databases.
places to go?
Pick out the
Have I chosen
articles I want.
good quality
resources?
More
articles?
Read the
articles and
take notes on Write!
what to write.

19. Questions?
I’m here to help
Thank You!
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