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Searching for Information

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How This Section Will Help

How long do you spend searching for good articles? Where do you do most of your searching? Most likely, whatever you are doing is taking too long. Why settle for articles that are good enough when you could have better and more relevant articles to use? This module covers the basics of searching for information, including choosing the right source, identifying keywords, and employing search techniques. Videos and tutorials in this section include:

Video: Identifying search strategies
Quiz Yourself: Identifying search strategies
Tutorial: Developing a search strategy that works (Part 1)
- Includes a section with tips on creating useful Google search strategies to improve relevancy and accuracy in order to help save time wasted weeding through long and irrelevant search results.
Tutorial: Developing a search strategy that works (Part 2)
Quiz Yourself: Search Techniques
Video/Tutorial: Searching As Exploration
Video: Choosing A Database
Quiz Yourself: Choosing A Database
Video: Avoiding Bias in Your Searching (Credo Reference)
Tutorial: Choosing and Using Keywords
Quiz Yourself: Choosing and Using Keywords
Video: Smart Searching with JSTOR (from JSTOR)
Video: How Do you Find Relevant Results (Credo Reference)
Video: Refining Results
Tutorial: Understanding Library Subject Headings (Library LibGuide)
Video: Managing Information Overload (from JSTOR)
Video: Searching for Images
Tutorial: Maximizing Your Use of Google (Library LibGuide)
Videos: Diane Casebier, former Reference and Instruction Librarian -- Covers a wide range of subjects and databases.
Tutorial: New Library Searching for Fall 2022 - This tutorial shows you how you can search in the upcoming library systems. HCU OneSearch will be retired in Fall 2022. A new system is fairly well-established and available for use. It is still under development with even more to come. A link is provided in the opening frame for you to have a go at it yourself.