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Where do I begin? 

Books! 

Through PilotFind the right

database!

Articles!

But first…..

You need a topic!

Is there a relationship between

physical activity and

overweight children?

Keywords Vs. SubjectNatural language words describing your topic. A good way to start your search

Pre-defined “controlled vocabulary” words assigned to describe the content of each item in a database or catalog

More flexible for searching. You can combine terms in any number of ways

Less flexible. You must know the exact controlled vocabulary term or phrase.

Database looks for keywords anywhere in the record (title, author, subject headings, etc.)

Database looks for subjects only in the subject heading or descriptor field, where the most relevant words appear.

Often yields too many or too few results

If a subject heading search yields too many results, you can often select subheadings to focus on one aspect of the broader subject

Often yields many irrelevant results Results are usually very relevant to the topic

Other stuff to help you maneuver Kemp Library

In Pilot you can:Look at reserve materials for your classSee what you have out and/or renew items

From library home page you can:Make an ILL requestMake an EZ Borrow request

From databases you can:Choose which database!Within Ebsco you can create an account, then create a folder to save your items!

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