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The three things that I learned this semester about doing research that have been the most useful to me are field searching, AND vs OR, and keywords. Field searching is a very useful for narrowing down search results. It’s also very helpful when you’re looking for a specific article. AND vs OR not only narrows down search results but also helps expand search results when its too narrow. Lastly, using keywords helps get more relevant search results than when you use your own keywords. The one thing that I wish we had spent more time covering in class is BEAM. I still don’t fully understand it and sometimes get confused when categorizing an article.

Newspaper Article:

“Google Introduces New Tool for Scholarly Research.” Associated Press Newswires 18  November 2004. Factiva. Web. 9 November 2011.

Magazine Article:

Chillingworth, Mark. “Google Unveils Beta Scholar.” Information World Review 208 (2004): 1. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

Journal Article:

“Google Launches Google Scholar.” Advanced Technology Libraries 33.12 (2004): 1, 11. Library Lit & Inf Full Text. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

Book:

Malcolm, Shannon L. The Next Big Thing? : Google Scholar and Legal Scholarship. WorldCat. 2005. Manuscript.

Lexis Nexis:

1. Business, News, Industry, and Legal and government news.

2. Blogs, Web-based publications, newswires, magazines, journals, newspapers, and statistics.

3. Yes, there were terms such as “search engines”, “censorship”, “science and technology” and etc.

4. When you run a search that yields more than 3000 results, the database interrupts the search and tells you that there will be more than 3000 results and asks if you would like to refine your search terms or continue with the search.

CQ Researcher:

1. Current Events, News, health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, environment, technology, and economy.

2. News reports, analysis, journals, and articles.

3. No but you can browse by topics such as agriculture, business, education, health, and religion.

4. Each article has tabs on the left-hand side which you can click to jump to different sections of the article. The tabs are labeled Full Report, Introduction, Overview, Background, Current Situation, Outlook, Pros/Cons, Chronology, Short Features, Maps/Graphs, Bibliography, The Next Step, Contacts, Footnotes, and About the Author. This feature makes it easier to find information when doing research or browsing articles.

Magazines and newspapers cant be found using the catalog. However you can find books and dvds using the catalog.

Title: The Interpreter of Maladies

Author:  Lahiri, Jhumpa

Call Number: PS 3562 .A316 I58 1999

Location: Baruch Stacks

Status: Regular Loan

Due Date: Look On Shelf