| Water Use | Water Conservation | Water Context in California |
| How much water do we use for X (activity, purpose ...)? | What measures can we take to reduce water use? | What factors do we need to consider as we make water conservation choices in the state? |
HINTS:
Search Academic Search Complete, GreenFILE, and Newspaper Source together.
Newsbank is another newspaper source. You can limit to California newspapers. Remember to use the date limiter and sort by Best match.
Google may give access to information not included in the databases. In particular, look for data using this search engine.
A multidisciplinary database with full text content in the arts, social sciences, humanities and sciences.
GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, government documents and related to the environment. Full text is available for selected titles and references are available for an additional 200 titles.
Provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 major U.S. and International newspapers. In addition, full-text television and radio news transcripts are provided from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Dates vary. Full-text content of more than 600 U.S. newspapers and 700 international sources. Local, regional and world news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people.
| Strategy or Functionality |
Explanation |
Database Searching |
Web Searching |
| Keywords |
Include words that capture your main idea(s)
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Example: water usage california
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Example: water usage california |
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"Phrase Searching" |
Search for 2 or more words in a specific order
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Example: "water usage" |
Example: "water usage" |
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AND/OR connecting words |
OR joins similar terms AND joins dissimilar terms
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Example: |
partly Example: |
| Variants of Words |
Find variations of a word
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includes word variations or automatic stemming when a word is truncated and an asterisk is added Example: irrigat* finds irrigate, irrigates, irrigation ... |
includes word variations or automatic stemming when words are NOT in quotation marks Example: micro-irrigation
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| Date filter |
Narrow to recently published sources
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Example: See Publication Date 2015 to 2017 |
Example: Click Tools > Anytime > Past Year |
| Create Citations | Create a citation in a desired citation format |
Click on the title of the article. Look at the right for "Cite." |
(Regular Google no; yes IF Google Scholar) Try: EasyBib (includes newspaper article, report etc. MLA is free) bibme (Find feature, type in URL) MLA 8 - Electronic Sources (OWL Purdue) APA - Electronic Sources (OWL Purdue) |
| Permanent URLs | Return to the article with a saved URL |
Click on the title of the article. Look at the right for Permalink. |
mainly Copy URL in browser to return to the web page or source. |
Water Use - How much water do we use for X (activity, purpose ...)?
Water Conservation - What measures can we take to reduce water use?
Water Context in California - What factors do we need to consider as we make water conservation choices in the state?
Related Terms
"water use"
"water reduction"
recycle
residential uses (more specifics)
agricultural
industrial
commercial
civic
environmental
water context
Individual:
Locate a minimum of TWO resources that you anticipate using in your group project. Ideally you will compare with your group members so that you are using different information sources.
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