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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