Spark 001 - The Art of Attention (Varnot)

Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), Ronald Williams Library, 1:27

1. What do you enter into the library database search box to start looking for information?
2. What are some ways you can limit your results?
3. How do you break down your research question?
4. What Boolean operator narrows your search?
5. What Boolean operator expands your search?
6. What Boolean operator blocks topics in your search?

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To search for specific phrases, enclose them in quotation marks. The database will search for those words together in that order.

Examples:

“student engagement”

“higher education”

“community college students”

“star wars the force awakens”

AND, OR

Join together search terms in a logical manner.

AND - narrows searches, used to join dissimilar terms
OR - broadens searches, used to join similar terms

Examples:

#1
motivation AND grades

#2
“student achievement” OR “student success”

#3
engineering
AND
women OR females
AND
“career choice”