Training and Professional Development

  • 11/7 Online Workshop: Database Search Strategies

    This workshop covers the basics of using UConn Library's discovery search as well as searching subject-specific databases on various platforms. Learn the best ways to limit your searches to identify resources that are most relevant to your subject.

    Content covered is multidisciplinary and includes:

    • When to use discovery search
    • When to use a subject-specific database
    • Boolean searching (AND, OR, NOT)
    • Wildcards and truncation
    • Database thesauri and controlled vocabulary
    • Other limiters
    • Saving and exporting references from a database

    Next session: Tuesday, 11/7, 12:00 - 12:45pm

    Register here

    For more information, contact: Roslyn Grandy at roslyn.grandy@uconn.edu