Please write down the following information about your search strings and about the articles you find when completing the different sections of this assignment:
Section one: Constructing a search string:
- Topic: please write your Problem-Solving Presentation topic in the space below
- Major concepts/keywords: list as many keywords and synonyms to those words as apply
- Search strings: use the chart below to arrange the keywords for the concepts you identify into different combinations to form search strings. Write your concept keywords in the appropriate boxes. Be creative. Think of synonyms for the words you come up with. You are welcome to use one of the thesauri (plural of thesaurus) in the library’s reference collection to find synonyms if you like. (The librarian at the reference desk on the second floor of the Meriam Library can show you where these are).
Article from either section two or section three:
Based upon the search strategy you devised in section one, how did you find this article? What search string did you use to find it? Retrace your steps using your browser’s back button if you need to. |
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| Author(s). (If your article is a website with no specific author, that’s ok. Just note that it has no specific author): |
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| Title of the journal from which the article came, if applicable. Some Web-based articles come from journals, such as the Chico Enterprise-Record. Other artciles are not published as part of a journal, but instead as a general webpage. |
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Date of publication (If no date is given, write n.d.): |
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Volume and issue number if applicable (some articles from websites, particularly those that exist in print as well as in digital form, have volume and issue numbers. Other articles do not): |
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Where you found your article. If you retrieved this article from a database (such as LexisNexis or Proquest Newspapers), write down the name of the database. If you retrieved your article from a website, write down the article's full web address. The last section of this assignment outlines the distinction between a database and a website.
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Article from section four:
Based upon the search strategy you devised in section one, how did you find this article? What search string did you use to find it? Retrace your steps using your browser’s back button if you need to. |
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| Article title: |
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| Author(s). (If your article is a website with no specific author, that’s ok. Just note that it has no specific author): |
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| Title of the journal from which the article came: |
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Date of publication (If no date is given, write n.d.): |
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Volume and issue number if applicable (some articles from websites, particularly those that exist in print as well as in digital form, have volume and issue numbers. Other articles do not): |
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Where you found your article. If you retrieved this article from a database (such as LexisNexis or Proquest Newspapers), write down the name of the database. If you retrieved your article from a website, write down the article's full web address. The last section of this assignment outlines the distinction between a database and a website.
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Book from section five:
Based upon the search strategy you devised in section one, how did you find this book? What search string did you use to find it? Retrace your steps using your browser’s back button if you need to. |
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Author(s). (If your book has no specific author, that’s ok. Just note that it has no specific author): |
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Date of publication (If no date is given, write n.d.): |
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Publisher and city where the publisher is located: |
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