Transfer Summer Bridge 2002

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Transfer Summer Bridge 2002

• University Library
• CSUN

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Assignment Requirements

• Due date plan ahead!
• Length of the paper, etc.
• Any required resources?
• Style manual APA, MLA, etc.?

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Is This a Good Topic?

• Research will change your topic
• Fits the assignment
• Is it too big or little?
• Are scholarly sources available, if needed?
• Timeline
• Does the Library/Internet have what I need?

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Connect the Information Needed to the Resource
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Identify Keywords

• Sample topic
• What effect does body image have on female
  college students?

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Identify Keywords

• Sample topic
• What effect does body image have on female
  college students?

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Keywords Synonyms
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Keywords Synonyms
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Boolean Searching

• Combine keywords logically
• Search databases and search engines
• Example
• women OR females

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Boolean Searching

• Combine keywords logically
• Search databases and search engines
• Example
• (women OR females) AND body image

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Truncation

• Search for plurals, variant endings, wildcards
• Used in databases and search engines
• Symbol varies ( ! ? )
• Example
• (womn OR female) AND body image AND college
  student

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Online Demo . . .