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1. Search the SCS catalog Search the SCS catalog AND Webpath express AND databases in one search 2. Searching the web. All search engines are NOT created equalfind a good one. a. Google Search help: link at bottom of Google page Keywords: use the terms that will appear on the page: collect & focus your terms. Keep it simple, use as few words as possible, but use precise, descriptive words. Boolean operators & search tips: o Bioethics OR DNA o jaguar cars football -os o macaroni penguin o Isaac Newton discovered * o DNA ~testing o related:http://www.bing.com/ Search tools: Related searches, reading level, timeline, news Advanced search: a way to reduce number of hits. Scholar: search across many disciplines & sources: peer-reviewed papers, books and articles from academic organizations. Books: free eBooks to browse Blogs: check their credentials, but dont underestimate the value of blogs CTRL + F to search for words within any webpage b. iboogie: puts documents with similar content or with related topics into the same group. Each group is assigned a label based on the content of the documents. You can easily see the main topics and focus on the ones that are of interest to you, without being forced to scroll through a very long list of ranked documents. http://www.iboogie.tv c. Bing: http://www.bing.com/ You can limit a search by domain: .com, .gov, net, .edu, .ca) Use NOT

3. Website evaluation. Anyone can post on the webyou are responsible for the credibility of your sources. How can you know whether a source is trustworthy? a. Wikipedia is not a credible source (even YOU could edit it), but you might find good keywords and useful links in an articles bibliography. b. For website evaluation criteria: http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html (Also see handout: Evaluation Criteria)

4. Other credible sources. When you use search engines you are only accessing 10% of the material on the World Wide Web. To make matters worse, many engines offer paid placement which gives a false sense of authority. The good stuff still costs money, but we have paid it for you. Use our full-text databases (major universities also subscribe to access articles here). A. EBSCO: Three great databases here. Access from the library home page * At home, go to Surrey Public Librarys databases, A-Z General advice for all databases o Select full text o Try advanced search o sign in if you want to easily save articles and return to them later OR just email them to yourself using email link o CTRL + F to search for a keyword in any document o Check ALL columns on webpage to refine/expand search EBSCOhost: a full-text database of published articles. o Always choose databases Canadian Points of View: tips o Browse by category/bioethics o Use subtabs for types of information (i.e.news, mag, reference) o citation link will give you all the info you need for Word Reference o Try Find more like this Student Research Centre o Narrow results by subject or geography

B. Worldbook Advanced Online: http://www.worldbookonline.com/ Try timeline feature Username: eracwb password: trial C. Canada.com: full-text archive of 12 major Canadian newspapers and Global TV broadcasts. http://digital.vancouversun.com/epaper To sign in, give email address: library@surreychristian.com Password: Falcons1 D. The Globe and Mail: globeandmail.com click on unlimited and enter username and password for Canada.com

5. Citing your research: APA a. Works cited: The easiest way is to use the Reference tab in MS Word. b. Parenthetical citations (Smith, 2012) c. Remember to properly introduce your quotes/paraphrasing