Searching

Introduction

This unit covers how to choose and use a database effectively, & how to build your research question and related keywords into search questions that can be understood by computer databases and library catalogs.

Objectives

Distinguish a database from other types of information collections
Identify the coverage of a database
Understand the concept of field, and advanced searching in a database
Construct effective search queries using logical operators (and/or/not) and related strategies

Searching Sections

1. Searching

2. Databases
3. Database Coverage
4. Database Exercise
5. Records and Fields
6. Field Searching
7. Creating a Search Query
8. Search Query Exercise
9. UTSA Searching