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Introduction to Power Searching Workshop: 1. Session Overview

About this session:

Workshop Goal

Having being introduced to key terminology around database searching and to the power search approach, you will be able to return to this guide and practice power searching on your own.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Explain the structure of a database interface

Articulate a thesis / search topic

Perform a basic PsycINFO search

Explain how to search library holdings

Discover how to use Google Scholar

Differentiate between subject terms / keyword terms

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Tools of Power Searching Session

 

 

 

Today's session is about the DISCOVERY step of Library Engagement

Focus: Searching Bibliographic Indexes Efficiently and Effectively

 

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Beginning note

There is no "right" or "wrong" way to search through library resources and other Discovery Tools,

but there are ways to search more effectively with more precision.

Your best measure of your success could be answering "yes" to: 

Did I find what I needed to answer my inquiry ?

...and how do I know?

Power Search Planning

Sample inquiries* see tab 11 for sample power searches of these inquiries

Example 1. 

For my CRR, I am looking at the impact of hospital leadership on patient quailty of care.

Example 2 : 

I need to find scholarly articles regarding the leadership role of nurses as pertains to access to health care.