Search Techniques and Advanced tools for Researchers Online

Search Techniques and Advanced tools for Researchers Online Databases Presented By: Mohamed Abdul Salam Information Resources Specialist Arabian Advanced System www. aas. com. sa

Objectives Learn how to : n Build effective search strategies n Identify and utilize relevant reference databases n Familiarize your self with resources available in the KSU Libraries www. aas. com. sa

How to Construct The Search Statement? Identify keywords & List synonyms for each concept Determine the search limitations www. aas. com. sa Identify the logical relationships between the Keywords Select the relevant information resources

How to Build a Search String Make a simple table with three columns and column titles: ü MUST You will search these terms using AND www. aas. com. sa ü Might MIGHT(+) You can add these words with OR ü Must Not MUST NOT(-) You can subtract these terms with NOT

Boolean Operators n Boolean operators n Broadening a search OR is used to indicate that any of the terms may be present n AND is used to indicate that both terms must be present Narrowing a search NOT is to eliminate an unwanted concept or word in your search statement www. aas. com. sa

Example of Search Topic MUST MIGHT(+) Computers Network IT learning Teaching Training MUST NOT(-) Software Boolean Statement (Computers OR Network OR IT) AND (Learning OR Training) NOT (Software) www. aas. com. sa

Common Basic Functions in Today’s Search Engines Basic Search Export Advanced Search Print Alerts Save Authority files www. aas. com. sa Personal accounts E-mail RSS Personal Folder

Example of Basic Search www. aas. com. sa

Enter the user name & password www. aas. com. sa

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View Full text View article images Full info about the article www. aas. com. sa Task Bar

Click to Save After Clicking On Full text Online view www. aas. com. sa

After Clicking On Full text PDF www. aas. com. sa

Visual Search www. aas. com. sa

Click on visual search Under the search box www. aas. com. sa

Enter the subject that you want www. aas. com. sa

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Progressive Discovery Pro. Quest Search and Discovery is about supporting the wide range of search strategies of the many types of researchers. Precision Search www. aas. com. sa

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Search Strategy. Other Search Options • Command Line Search Form www. aas. com. sa

Search operators & Boolean rules www. aas. com. sa

Search Strategy. Other Search Options • Look Up Citation Search Form www. aas. com. sa

Search Strategy. Other Search Options • Find Similar Search Form www. aas. com. sa

Relevance Sort – Determines the order in which results appear • Weighs a variety of factors when determining the order of results - number of query term matches; proximity of terms; frequency of terms, context of terms • All work together to determine in which order results retrieved for a given search appear – Note that using wildcards (“*” or “? ”) turns relevance ranking off for that search query www. aas. com. sa

The right tools at the right time in the right place. • My Research sharing • Integration with bibliographic tools such as Ref. Works • Alerts and RSS Feeds • Quik. Bib Citation Tool www. aas. com. sa

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Enter your topic and click GO www. aas. com. sa

Filters by: Codes, Drug information, patient information, Points of Care, and titles by discipline Click on view in new window to see the full text Additional resources: Med. Calc, Pub. Med Other Related Resources www. aas. com. sa Search Result

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Create Personal Account www. aas. com. sa

Personalization- Saved Searches www. aas. com. sa

Personalization- Saved Searches www. aas. com. sa

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Any Questions? Please contact: msalam@aas. com. sa The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas Linus Pauling www. aas. com. sa