Chambers Library

EdmondLanguageInstitute

Tonya HoltReference & Instruction Librarian

Databases

UCO Databases Search for articles in periodicals (journals,

magazines and newspapers) UCO pays for databases Find good information not available on the

internet

Academic Search Premier

One of many databases paid for by UCO How to get there

http://library.ucok.edu/ > Find Articles (Databases) > Academic Search Premier

Effective Searching

Sample Topic Is the death penalty ethical?

Possible Keywords Death penalty – capital punishment Ethics - morals

Boolean Operators

Use and to narrow your search Death penalty and ethics Capital punishment and morals

Use or for synonyms or similar words Death penalty or capital punishment Ethics or morals

Combine strategies using parentheses ( ) (death penalty or capital punishment) and

(ethics or morals)

Alternate Endings

Use and asterisk * for alternate endings

Ethic* -s -ical

Moral* -s -ity

UCO Library Catalog

Does NOT search for articles Searches for materials located in this library

(books, government documents, DVD’s, CD’s, etc.)

How to get there http://library.ucok.edu/ > Find Books

(Catalogs) > UCO Library Catalog

Catalog Keyword Searching

Use quotations “ ” only for words that go together “Capital Punishment” “Death Penalty”

Use question mark ? in place of asterisk* Ethic? Moral? (“death penalty” or “capital punishment”) and

(ethics or morals)

Where are the books?

Books are on the shelf Not Checked Out

Books are NOT on the shelf Lost—System Applied Sent to the bindery No item data available

Books MAYBE on the shelf Multiple Item Status (more than one copy)

Check each copy