Develop search strategies suitable for the particular database you are using:

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1 Develp search strategies suitable fr the particular database yu are using: Check the help pages t make sure yu knw hw best t search the database With yur research questin in mind, find search terms Cnsider using spelling variants r emplying wildcards/truncatin? What synnyms, brader r narrwer terms are there that might help yu find mre/fewer results What are the special terms used by the academic cmmunitiy? (e.g. "cgnitive petics", "liminality"?) Find synnyms which help yu gain relevant results in a keywrd search (i.e. "female" as well as "wman"; "writers" as well as "authrs", "adlescent" as well as "yuth" as well as "teenage" ) Find descriptrs via index r thesaurus Decide n searching fr descriptrs r keywrds fr yur first search: Are there suitable descriptrs t cver yur tpic? Is the tpic t specific fr a descriptr t exist Decide hw narrw and specific yu wish yur search t be: Infrmatin n ne particular text? Infrmatin n ne particular authr? Backgrund infrmatin n specific literary perid, genre, natinal literature? In what language can yu usefully search (English? Deutsch?) Is spelling relevant? Case-sensitive? Are wrds next t each ther searched as a phrase r d yu need t use inverted cmmas t indicate that wrds next t each ther are a phrase nly (secnd language r "secnd language")? Are wrds next t each ther searched as a phrase r are they autmatically cmbined by the AND peratr? Are there "stp wrds" (e.g. "and", "the", ) which are nt searched? Frmulate searches (Blean Operatrs; Prximity Operatrs; Nesting; search, field search, cmbining searches; cmplex searches/expert searches using the search syntax f the database) 1

2 FIND SEARCH TERMS Research questin: CONCEPTS SYNONYMS BROADER TERMS NARROWER TERMS ALTERNATIVE SPELLINGS DESCRIPTORS IN LLBA 2

3 Explanatins: Blean Operatrs (AND/OR/NOT): ( ) aus GeRef Tutrial der UIUC Gelgy Library; University f Illinis at Urbana-Champaign Operatr Meaning Example and r nt Bth terms must be in the recrd. One r bth f the terms must be in the recrd. The term after the peratr must nt be in the recrd. Searching fr "lingua franca and English language" will return nly recrds that cntain bth phrases--lingua franca and English language. Searching fr "lingua franca r English language " will return recrds that cntain either phrase-- lingua franca r English language --r bth phrases. Searching fr "lingua franca nt English language" will return recrds that cntain the wrd lingua franca but d nt cntain the phrase literature. English language Adapted frm "Searching the MLA Internatinal Bibligraphy" Hme > Publicatins > MLA Internatinal Bibligraphy > Hw t Use the MLA Internatinal Bibligraphy > Searching the MLA Internatinal Bibligraphy ( ) Pictures taken frm "Searching Skills: terminlgy and cncepts; the search prcess; tutrials" ( ) 3

4 pets Rmanticism Wrdswrth Prelude Cleridge Nesting: Verwendung vn Klammern um Suchen zu frmulieren z.b. ( Wrdswrth AND Cleridge ) AND ( Rmanticism OR pets) NOT Prelude Prximity Operatrs: define prximity f search terms t each ther, z.b. dictinary w1 "English language" English language dictinary, dictinary f English language nuns, English language prnunciatin dictinary, Keywrd (Stichwrt): a wrd that ccurs in the database entry, anywhere r in a particular search field (e.g. title keywrd); des nt necessarily refer t what a text is abut. Descriptr (Schlagwrt/Deskriptr): term that is part f the cntrlled vcabulary used t describe the tpic f a bibligraphic recrd Wildcard &Truncatin (Trunkierung) A wildcard replaces a sign by any ther - e.g. practi?e = practice, practise, practize, Use truncatin iat the beginningg r end f a search terms allws fr variants t be searched: e.g. theat? der theat* theater, theatre, theatrical, theatr Thesaurus: List f descriptrs (an alphabetical list r giving brader and narrwer terms) Expert search/cmmand search: Frmulate searches using the database syntax. Ex.: au=(ritchie) AND ti=(handbk f secnd language acquisitin) wpe=ritchie AND wti=handbk f secnd language acquisitin 4

5 (3) Managing Results T many r t few braden r narrw yur searches Cmbine tw r mre sets f results r ne r tw searches by using Blean peratrs Dwnlad, print r results Save searches and set alerts with the help f yur wn database accunt (e.g. My EBSCOhst) Imprt results int EndNte, RefWrks r similar desktp publishing prgrammes t avid having t retype them fr yur list f references (4) Frm the result t finding the (full) text Frm bibligraphic citatin in database via SFX buttn a list f links cnnects yu t the full text, t catalgues and ther nline resurces Bk titles Search the University Library nline catalgue the Austrian Unin Catalgue (Verbundkatalg) (Austrian academic libraries= der the KVK (Karlsruher Verbundkatalg - a metacatalgue - search catalgues wrld wide) Bk articles Search fr the bk (see Bk titles) Articles in Jurnals (1) Use the SFX Citatin Linker (2) Lk fr the jurnal in: (2.1.) the Jurnals and Series Unin Subcatalgue (Verbundkatalg Zeitschriften und Serien) and find hldings in Austrian academic libraries - yu will be linked t the libraries' nline catalgues t learn abut their hldings. (2.2.) Search the DZB (t find ut whether a jurnal is available in Germany fr interlibrary lan) (2.3.) Lists f nline jurnals, e.g. EZB, SFX List, List f Jurnals in MetaLib SFX Citatin Linker "The SFX citatin linker is a quick tl t find jurnal articles, bks r jurnals withut searching databases r catalgues first. If yu get a citatin, yu can use the SFX citatin linker t access a menu f links which may include a shrtcut link t the nline full-text r may lead yu t the jurnal r bk in the Vienna University Library catalgue. If these ptins are unavailable, the menu f links will allw yu t access further nline infrmatin." Example: Hadley, Karen.: "The cmmdificatin f time in Wrdswrth's Tintern Abbey." Studies in English Literature (42:4) 2002,

6 (5) Full text unavailable in Vienna ( ) ILL - Interlibrary Lan: Fernleihe: Preferably search in KVK (Karlsruher Virtueller Katalg (KVK)) - Register in nline catalgue and fill in frm- cllect items in the ILL department in the Main Library. Dcument delivery services: Dissertatins: If yu wish t buy access t dissertatins bibligraphic references yu may have fund in the LLBA yu may wish t buy access t electrnic versins r paper cpies. G t the Library database service and try t d s via the PrQuest Digital Dissertatins and Theses database, which includes the Disseratatins Abstract database. Nt all theses are available fr purchase, hwever. (4) and (5) Yu have fund the citatins belw and wish t lcate the articles/dissertatin: Use the SFX citatin linker t lcate the jurnal article, the OPAC t lcate the bk article and Digital Dissertatins and Theses (PrQuest) fr the dissertatin (Datenbankservice) whether yu can buy the dissertatin nline : Rundle, James U. "Wycherly and Caldern. A Surce fr Lve in a Wd". PMLA 64 (1049): Pfeiffer, K. Ludwig.: "Wahrheit und Herrschaft: Zum systematischen Prblem in Bacns 'New Atlantis'." In (pp. 50-8) Berghahn, Klaus L., and (eds), Literarische Utpien vn Mrus bis zur Gegenwart. Königstein/Ts., W. Germany: Athenäum, pp (Francis Bacn, James Harringtn, Edward Bellamy, Michael Frayne, Aldus Huxley, 'Gerge Orwell'.) [1984:84]. (1983) Wiener, Harvey Shelby.: "The 'New Atlantis' and Bacnian methd." Unpub. dct. diss., Frdham Univ. [Abstr. in Dissertatin Abstracts Internatinal (32), 937A.] (1971) 6