Basic Search Skills

Preliminaries

• Complete questionnaire at the end of the session.

• Questions will be allowed after the session.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will learn how to conduct a basic search.

• Participants will learn how to use the periodicals Index

Instructors

• Gerald Louw

• Lara Skelly

• Sandra James

Date and Time

• 10 July 2013

– 8:30 am to 9:30 am

– 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Course

1. Using of Smart Search– Keyword and Subject Searches– Boolean Operators

2. Periodicals Index– Library research strategies– Finding information in Periodicals

3. Evaluating Web Information– Google Scholar– Reference Tools– Evaluating web information

• Readings– Chowdhury, G. G. (2010). Introduction to modern information

retrieval. 3rd ed. London: Facet Publishing.

Search Strategies

1. Topic

2. Keywords

3. Synonyms and alternate words

4. Boolean Operators

5. Search Tools

6. Review Results