Exercise 5: How to Use Electronic Databases

 (Please print this exercise and use the corresponding lesson to answer the questions.)

Name: _______________________                    

Class: _______________________            Professor: _______________________ 

 1. Please list a few of the resource types available in GALILEO. 

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2.  Please access GALILEO and point to the Business & Economics tab located at the top of the homepage.  Click on the Marketing link and choose the Business Source Premier.  Perform a keyword search for Marketing on the Internet. 

          a. How many article citations does this search produce?

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          b. How many articles are available when you limit the search to full-text only?

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          c.  Please list the citation for the first article.

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           d. How many articles are available when you limit the search to full-text articles published since January 2000?

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           e.  Please list the citation for the first article.

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3.  From the GALILEO homepage, choose “Databases A-Z” from the database tabs.  Perform an “Advanced Search” on the topic  Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom in the ERIC database from EBSCOhost. 

           a.  How many articles are available when you link these terms with the Boolean operator “and”? (hint: technology "and" early childhood "and" classroom)

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           b.  How many articles are available when you limit the search to journal articles only?

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           c.  Please list the citation for the first article.

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          d.  How many articles are available when you use the Boolean operator “not” to search to search for  Technology in the Classroom (not Early Childhood)?

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           e.  Please list the citation for the first article.

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4.  Access the Wilson OmniFile database and select the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature index.  Do an "Advanced Search" using the terms Civil Rights Movement in America. (hint: civil rights movement "and" america)

              a.  How many records are listed using these terms?

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              b.  Now change the term America to United States and perform an "Advanced Search" using the new terms.  (hint: civil rights movement "and" United States)  How many records are there now?

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5.  Please perform a “Basic Search” on the topic  Abraham in the ATLA Religion database located in the Research Databases (EBSCOhost) page. (hint: You will have to click on the EBSCOhost Databases link to find ATLA and make sure to un-check the Academic Search Premier database located at the top)  

           a.  How many articles does this search produce?

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           b.  Please give the citation for the first article listed.

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6.  Please perform an “Advanced Search” in the ATLA Religion database on the topic Abraham, Sarah and Hagar using the Boolean operator “and.”

           a.  How many articles does this search produce?

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           b.  Please list the citation for the first article.

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           c.  How many articles are available when you use the Boolean operator “not” to search for Abraham and Sarah (not Hagar)?

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           d.  Please list the citation for the first article.

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