How to use CD-ROMs and other databases

Contents

1. What will I learn in this tutorial?
2. What are electronic databases?
• What's the difference between the databases?
• What can I find in a database?
• Which databases should I use?
3. What am I looking for?
4. How do I get into a database?
5. How do I search in databases?
• Using OR
• Phrase searching
• Using AND
• Fields
• Revising your terms
6. Identifying what you find
7. What should I be writing down?
8. How can I improve my search?
• Truncation
• Using NOT
• Nesting
• No hits?
• Not enough hits?
• Too many hits?
9. Summary