Happiness Research Paper
Doing Research
Linda Humes
Do Now: ● Login to NoodleTools ● Login to Google ● Go to librarianlinda.com
Target: I will be able to select credible sources and search for information for my research project by exploring information sources and practicing search techniques.
Keywords ● Use nouns and verbs. ● Avoid “small” words
(the, of, etc.) that do not add to description.
● Imagine your perfect page. What words would you find there?
Keywords ● Use the Keyword
worksheet to help you identify keywords
● First, identify your topic thoroughly
● Find key terms from the topic
● Find synonyms
Boolean Searching Works with both databases and search engines
AND Search Automatic in Google
income AND gender income AND gender AND occupation
OR Search Same in Google
cats OR dogs cats OR dogs OR fish
NOT Search Use minus sign - in Google
cats NOT dogs
Phrase Search
Use quotation marks around words you want in exact order.
“George Washington”
Boolean Search
You can combine different search functions:
“George Washington” OR “Martha Washington” NOT Carver
What will that give us?
Ready to Search? ● Prepare keywords ● Open a project in
NoodleTools BEFORE you search
Why Databases?
Assured that your sources are credible!
Gale In Context Databases www.librarianlinda.com
Password: northern
On the top of the page, use Cite to save citation to NoodleTools.
On the top of the article, use the Google symbol to save article to your Drive
Issues and Controversies Databases www.librarianlinda.com
Username: nburlington Password: greyhound
Go to Page Tools and Citation - Copy/Paste to NoodleTools
Copy/Paste to NoodleTools
-Sources -New Source -Database -Original Content in Database -Copy/Paste
At top of article, select Print to save to Drive with Citation.
● Change your “Printer” to “Save to Google Drive” ● Rename and organize IMMEDIATELY from Recent
Teen Health and Wellness Database www.librarianlinda.com
Username: nburlington Password: greyhound
Click Cite Button
Save to Drive from Article
Advanced Google Search
After you do a search, click on the gearshift to the right
Guides you through Boolean Search
Search a specific site or domain
Search a specific website or only .edu or .gov sites
What did we discuss/do today? ● Learned how to create keywords for searching ● Learned how to complete effective searches
using Keywords ● Explored Northern’s Databases ● Used Advanced Google search to find credible
sources
Please fill out this form, so I know how I can best help you complete your project
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