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How to Research
An introduction to finding and using library resources
Finding Books
Destiny
Via the Internet
• Go to lolhslibrary.weebly.com
• Click on Find Materials
• Type in your keywords within
the search box
Via the app
• Download Destiny Quest App
Destiny Quest App
Search Tips…
Conduct a
Power
Search
Power Search
Customize and
refine your
search in
several ways…
Using Databases
What is a Database?
http://library.reynolds.edu/internal/handouts/databasesvsinternet.pdf
Where do I find Databases?
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Go to lolhslibrary.weebly.com
Hover over Find Materials
Click on Online Databases
Choose from:
• iCONN databases
• LOLHS-LMC Databases
• Public Databases:
• DPLA, ipl2, etc.
• Default
• Username: lolhs
• Password: wildcats
iCONN
Search Tips
1. Choose a database based on
the topic and your needs.
• Topic: Grassland Restoration
• Course: Environmental Science
• If I know nothing about the topic
I may start in an All-in-One
database.
• Then once I have some
background knowledge on the
topic I may also use a subject
specific database such as the
Environmental Studies and
Policy Collection database
Search Tips
2. Search by Keyword
and use these tips to
improve your results.
Search Tips
Hint: take a look
at the features of
the search box.
There may be buttons
to refine your search to
full-text articles. This
is helpful if you want an
entire article and not
just an
abstract/summation.
There are also usually
buttons to limit to peerreviewed and
documents with images.
Search Tips
3. Conduct
an
Advanced
Search
Search Tips
• Within an Advanced Search you
can
• Search multiple keywords
• Customize Boolean Operators
(stay tuned for more on this… )
• Limit results
• full-text, peer-reviewed and/or
documents with images
• publication date
• document type
• publication title and subject
• lexile level (reading level)
Search Tips
Boolean
Operators
Databases vs. Google
Google It!
Open Internet Search Engines
Google Power Searching
Ask for Help…