Mining for Ideas on the Web Video: 4 min. 45 sec

Mining for Ideas on the Web

Video: 4 min. 45 sec.

Where to Look?

WebDatabases

Journal articles

Books

DissertationsConference papers

Reports

Searching the Web

Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

Wikipedia Article

Identifying Important Sources

Citations to Primary Sources

Improving Search Results

• Search engines• Google • Advanced Google• Google Scholar• Google Books• Google Images

Advanced Search Strategies

AND

Phrase searchingOR

NOT

PDF, Word, Flash.com, .gov, .youtubelast 24 hrs., week, month, year

Quotes

Short cuts:

More precise:Use quotes around

specific phrasesEx.: “transformational

leadership”

Broader:Truncate the root or stem

of word for variationsEx.: lead*

AND

Phrase searchingOR

NOT

PDF, Word, Flash.com, .gov, .youtubelast 24 hrs., week, month, year

Truncation

Short cuts:

More precise:Use quotes around

specific phrasesEx.: “transformational

leadership”

Broader:Truncate the root or stem

of word for variationsEx.: lead*

AND

Phrase searchingOR

NOT

PDF, Word, Flash.com, .gov, .youtubelast 24 hrs., week, month, year

Google Scholar via NSU Libraries’ Portal

Manual for the MLQ

Manual for the MLQLink to a class assignment with review of the book

Evaluating Sources:Class Assignment

Manual for the MLQ

Link to Questia. Offers free trial to subscription database.

Open access to article by Bass.

Do Not Pay for Articles!

Journal Finder

Journal of European Industrial Training

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