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Martha Stephenson Reference & Instruction Librarian
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An database is an online index of citations, sometimes containing complete articles or other full text. Examples: Academic Search Complete (EbscoHost) JSTOR LexisNexis
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How have cell phones effected social interaction between teenagers?
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cell phones social interaction teenagers cellphonessocial aspectsadolescents cellular telephones young adults mobile phones children BRAINSTORM
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AND Use to connect different concepts Both concepts will be in the results Narrows search (finds fewer, more on target results) phones Finds=4053 cell AND phones Finds=1775
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OR Use to connect similar concepts At least one term will be in the results Broadens search (finds more results, is more thorough) Saves time by doing several searches in one cell Finds=2474 cell OR cellular Finds=3343
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Quotation Marks “ ” Use when words often or always occur in a specific order All words inside the quotes will be in the results, in the exact order used Narrows search (finds fewer, more on target results) cell AND phones Finds=1775 “cell phones” Finds=1223
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Truncation Use to find various endings of a word Place symbol at the end of the root word Broadens search (finds more results) Symbol varies among databases Be careful of placement! phone* = phone, phoned, phones, & 30 other words cat* = cat, cats, catatonic, catalytic, catastrophic, & 250 other words
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Nesting in Databases Use to assure search runs correctly when using both ANDs & ORs Like in algebraic equations Place OR/synonym part in parentheses (“cell phone*” OR cellphone*) AND teen*
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