Academic DatabasesOctober 08, 2013 DTC 356

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Search Strategy Project

Instructions: http://dtc-wsuv.org/nschiller/dtc356/2013-fall/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2013/08/Search-Strategy-Project.pdf

3 parts:

1500 word database analysis

500 word search strategy

user guide for undergrads

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Analyzing a Database:

Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge

What is your database about? (What links the records?)

Who is the audience?

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Bad Analysis:

“There are three boxes on the top of the screen.”

This database is Ebscohost.

*Do not just describe what you see on the page.*

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Good Analysis

Separate your database into

Content

Structure

Interface

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Examples from Psychology Journal

Articles

What problem does your database solve?

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Indexing

Going through every item in a set and putting it in its appropriate place.

Filtering on the way in

What kinds of documents are in PsychInfo? (page 55)

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Field Searching

Psychology works that mention, reference, or are about Sigmund Freud.

Psychology works written by Sigmund Freud.

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Reading a Sample Record

What does knowing the fields tell you about a record?

What does it tell you about a database?

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Search Stragtegies

General to specific

Keyword to subject

Free text to specialized vocabulary

Specialized vocabulary to controlled vocabulary

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What is a Journal?

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Citations = Metadata Standard

Ronallo, Jason. 2012. “HTML5 Microdata andSchema.org.” Code{4}lib Journal (16) (February 3). http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/6400.

What is the metadata standard in Chicago (Author-Date) style?

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