1. Communication 1110
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2. LibGuides
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COMM 1110
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Erin Nagel
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3. Browse by subject category

4. Searching Tips
Methods to narrow your search and limit your
results

5. Search terms
Concept 1
Concept 2
Main idea
Related idea
OR
Synonym
OR
Synonym
Concept 3
Subtopic
OR
AND
Synonym
OR
Synonym
• Use “ “ or ( ) to keep words together & in order
• Connect different concepts with AND
• Connect similar concepts with OR
OR
AND
Synonym
OR
Synonym

6. Boolean Operators
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AND = narrow
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AND is automatically
used by Google and
other search engines
to combine terms
OR = expand
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NOT = exclude
Sometimes a
program will use a +
or – to substitute for
AND or NOT

7. Searching Tips
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Words to AND to your search
 “pro
and con”
 “opposing view”
 “ethical aspects”
 debate
 controvers*
 finds controversy,
controversies, controversial

8. Search Strategy
Concept 1
Concept 2
Concept 3
“drunk driving”
debate
law
OR
OR
OR
DUI
AND
controvers*
OR
statue
OR
“intoxicated
driving”
AND
“opposing view”
“drunk driving” AND debate AND law
(“drunk driving” OR DUI) AND (debate OR controvers*) AND law
(“drunk driving” OR DUI OR “intoxicated driving”) AND
controvers* AND (law OR statue)

9. Suggested Resources
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Academic Search Complete
CQ Researcher plus Archive
LexisNexis
Issues & Controversies
World News digest
ProCon.org

11. Academic Search Complete
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Covers a variety of subjects
High percentage of article access level
Ability to simultaneously search subject specific
databases

13. CQ Researcher plus Archive
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Domestic or global topics
Each weekly publication focuses on a single topic
pulled from today’s headlines.
Recent Topics
 Religious
Repression
 Big Data and Privacy
 Domestic Drones
 Regulating Pharmaceuticals
 Worker Safety
 Border Security

16. LexisNexis Academic
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National and International news
Hot Topics Links
 saved
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searches of today’s timely topics
Categories to limit results:
 Sources
by category
 Publication
 Subject
 Geography
Name

18. LexisNexis results for “Obamacare”

19. Issues & Controversies
Issues facing the world today
 In-depth articles
 Newspaper editorials and editorial
cartoons
 Tips for evaluating sources and delivering
a speech
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20. Issues & Controversies

21. World News Digest
Domestic and international news
 Searchable daily news feed
 All major political, social, and
economic events
 Archival records since November
1940
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23. ProCon.org
Nonprofit website
 Resources on controversial and
important issues
 Nonpartisan, presents research on
both sides of an issue
 NOTE: Not a library database. Always
evaluate for bias!
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25. What next?
Evaluate your sources
http://clayton.libguides.com/research/evaluate
Avoid plagiarism
http://clayton.libguides.com/research/plagiarism
Cite your sources
http://clayton.libguides.com/research/cite