1. WS 266 - Locating Information Sources, Spring 2005 Searching for Books Use a library Catalog Use a variety of searches Keyword – flexible, but may not be as precise Subject – more restrictive, but can be more focused and get you more relevant results

2. WS 266 - Locating Information Sources, Spring 2005 Searching for Articles Choose an appropriate database Look around for Advanced options, such as limiting to a certain type of publication Consider using Keyword (sometimes called Default Fields) and/or Subject searching

3. WS 266 - Locating Information Sources, Spring 2005 Creating Search Statements Use the terms AND and OR to make efficient use of your search time  Remember to use parentheses if using OR! Use truncation (*) to search for multiple forms of a root word  Vot* finds: vote, voters, voting

4. WS 266 - Locating Information Sources, Spring 2005 Retrieving Articles Use the service to locate articles not available in full-text in your current search If the service is not working, perform a Journal Title search in the Library Catalog For items not owned by Pace, request items via Interlibrary Loan – a.k.a. ILLiad

5. WS 266 - Locating Information Sources, Spring 2005 Citing Your Sources MLA format for a full-text item from a periodical database: Author, “Article Title.” Publication Title Volume#.Issue# (Year of Publication): page#-page#. Database Name. Database Vendor. Subscriber. Access Date. Lessig, Lawrence. “Privacy as Property.” Social Research 69 (2002): 247-269. Academic Search Premier. Ebsco. Pace Univ. Library, Pleasantville, NY. 27 Jan 2005.

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