Task #1: Select databases by subject category
Use Test Prototype, set to aAdvanced Search. Default set to subject categories.
1. Type in this search:
2. Select and search other databases relevant to this topic.
¨ Used DROP DOWN MENU and selected
¨ General/News
¨ Arts/Architecture
¨ Business/Economics
¨ Computer Science/Engineering
¨ Earth/Environment
¨ Education
¨ Gender/Sexuality
¨ Health Sciences
¨ History
¨ Law/Political Science
¨ Life Sciences
¨ Literature
¨ Philosophy/Religion
¨ Psychology/Sociology
¨ Ebsco Animals
¨ Funk & Wagnalls
¨ Used CHOOSE DATABASES tab and selected
¨ General/News
¨ Arts/Architecture
¨ Business/Economics
¨ Computer Science/Engineering
¨ Earth/Environment
¨ Education
¨ Gender/Sexuality
¨ Health Sciences
¨ History
¨ Law/Political Science
¨ Life Sciences
¨ Literature
¨ Philosophy/Religion
¨ Psychology/Sociology
¨ Ebsco Animals
¨ Funk & Wagnalls
¨ Couldn’t find a way to change databases
¨ Other ______
Task #2: Select databases by database name
1. Use Academic Search Premiere, advanced search. Type in this search:
2. Select and search other databases relevant to this topic.
ð Used DROP DOWN MENU and selected
¨ Academic Search
¨ Agricola
¨ AltHealth Watch
¨ Business Source
¨ CINAHL
¨ Computer Source
¨ Ebsco Animals
¨ EconLit
¨ Educ. Research
¨ ERIC
¨ Fuente Academica
¨ Funk & Wagnalls
¨ GeoRef
¨ Health Source - Consumer
¨ Health Source - Nursing
¨ Inspec
¨ Legal Collection
¨ MAS-Ultra- School
¨ MasterFile
¨ MedicLatina
¨ Medline
¨ Middle Search
¨ Military & Gov.
¨ MLA Directory Per.
¨ MLA Int'l Bib
¨ Newspaper Source
¨ Pre-CINAHL
¨ Primary Search
¨ Professional Dev
¨ Psychology & Behav.
¨ PsycInfo
¨ Regional Business
¨ Religion & Phil
¨ TOPIC search
¨ Vocational & Career
ð Used CHOOSE DATABASES tab and selected
¨ Academic Search
¨ Agricola
¨ AltHealth Watch
¨ Business Source
¨ CINAHL
¨ Computer Source
¨ Ebsco Animals
¨ EconLit
¨ Educ. Research
¨ ERIC
¨ Fuente Academica
¨ Funk & Wagnalls
¨ GeoRef
¨ Health Source - Consumer
¨ Health Source - Nursing
¨ Inspec
¨ Legal Collection
¨ MAS-Ultra- School
¨ MasterFile
¨ MedicLatina
¨ Medline
¨ Middle Search
¨ Military & Gov.
¨ MLA Directory Per.
¨ MLA Int'l Bib
¨ Newspaper Source
¨ Pre-CINAHL
¨ Primary Search
¨ Professional Dev
¨ Psychology & Behav.
¨ PsycInfo
¨ Regional Business
¨ Religion & Phil
¨ TOPIC search
¨ Vocational & Career
¨ Couldn’t find a way to change databases
¨ Other ______
Task #3: Order of search results
Use Current Academic Search Premier, set to Advanced Search. Sort order: date.
1. How would you expect the database to order the results?
ð author ð date ð relevance ð title
ð other ______
2. Type in this search
3. Describe how the database orders the results/
4. Can you change the way the results are sorted?
ð Found sort immediately
ð Found sort quickly
ð Found sort after looking around for awhile
ð Never found sort
ð Other ______
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