Research+-+General+Searching+Guidelines

=Research - General Searching Guidelines (Reference Search) (GWU EMSE 216-8000)=

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InWork
 * Start with the Library Guides
 * Refine topics into search aspects (Reference Search Keywords)
 * Begin narrow and widen as necessary
 * Use subject category where available
 * Use multiple criteria (as often lead through the "famous" three boxes.
 * Mark interesting documents and email them to yourself.
 * If you access the articles through an aggregator database like Compendex or ABI Inform, you can only e-mail the abstracts. and citations.
 * "Also, even if you are not using an aggeregator database, you can, I suppose copy and paste the abstract into an e-mail message." - Shmuel
 * NOTE:
 * Compendex has this feature, but sending Citation and Abstracts failed in two separate attempts. (With both sissonp@aol.com and psisson@gwu.edu as addresses.
 * Tried saving to a folder. Had to register 1st. Still could not email.
 * TBD


 * Subject categories ** are usually indexed by the databases reviewers. They help focus a search and exclude ~articles~ where the topic of reference is casually mentioned.


 * Classification Codes ** (ABI Inform) and ei controlled terms (Compendex { Question_Q IEEE?} also provide ways to search in indexed topic areas.


 * Sources**
 * Shmuel Ben-Gad, Reference and Collection Development Librarian (EMSE Research Assistance Librarian)
 * EMSE 8000, Spring 2011

Contributors: Sisson