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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