Library 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
Thursday, October 17 (online)
3:00 - 3:45pm
Register at https://uconncalendar.lib.uconn.edu/event/13286364
For more information, contact: Roslyn Kohlbrecher at roslyn.kohlbrecher@uconn.edu