In chapter eight if the Bedford Reader is about info you can get by searching online databases. The first point in searching digital resources is to review your research plan and your proposal and look for key works and phrases that you can search that will help you get info about your topic. Advanced searches can be more helpful because you can clarify what you want your search to include by clicking AND then typing in another keyword or phrase. You can also click OR, NOT, ADJ, NEAR, , BEFORE, etc. After finding sources you need to make sure that they will help you improve your paper by addressing the issues and elements you intend on addressing.
The second point the Bedford Reader makes in chapter eight is about searching for sources with online library catalogs. You can do this by searching by a keyword or phrase and you with library catalogs you can pick if you want your search in all or only certain parts of a catalog record. Search by author if you know who you want to get the information from. Search by title, subject heading, or with multiple strategies ( which is much like the advanced search).
The third point made in chapter eight is searching for sources with databases. Identify relevant databases by asking yourself these questions :
•Am I focusing on an issue that is likely to have been addressed in recent news coverage?
•Am I focusing on an issue that is related to a broad area of interest, such as business, education, or government?
•Am I focusing on an issue that is related to a particular profession or academic discipline?
• Have I already identified sources about my issue?
•Is the full text of the source available?
•Am I searching for no textual materials?
If you are searching news and information databases the focus on recently published articles in newspapers. If you are searching subject databases they will give you info and summaries on sources about broad subject areas like education,business, or government. Searching bibliographies will give you info on publications in a specific profession like literary studies, computational linguistics, or social sciences. Searching citation indexes gives info about publication info an summaries on sources that have referenced a specific publication. Media databases will give you access to images, videos, and audio sources. Often with historical and contemporary photographs, images of art, television and movies, and audio recordings.
The fourth point made on chapter eight is searching for sources with web search sites. Do this by identifying relevant web search sites like Ask, Bing, Google, and Yahoo. When on these sites you an search by using :
•Web search engines
•Web directories
•Deep web search sites and directories
•Meta search sites
•News search sites
•Reference search sites
•Government documents search sites and directories
•E-book sites
•Blog search sites
•Discussion search sites
•Social network search
•Alternative search site
The fifth point made in chapter eight is searching for sources with media search sites like Ask, Bing, Google, and Yahoo. You can user media search sites by using image and directories searches, audio search sites and directories, and video search sites,
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