Comp I Worksheet
Video Tutorial (Start at 8:00)
- Academic Search Elite (EBSCO): Perform a full text search for social distancing and masks. According to “The Power of Masks,” face masks can reduce the transmission of COVID-19 by _______ to _______. There is plenty of evidence from countries around the world that widespread mask wearing, __________________ _______________________, handwashing and track-and-trace testing can all help life get back to normal.
- Academic Search Elite (EBSCO): Perform a full text search for accidents and texting. According to Nancy Mann Jackson in “DN’T TXT N DRV,” almost _____ % of all vehicle crashes, or about_____ million each year, can be linked to talking on a cell phone or texting while driving.
- eBook Academic Collection (EBSCO): Stay in the EBSCO interface and change to the eBook Academic Collection database. Search for medical marijuana and guns. Please write an MLA citation for Medical Cannabis: Clinical Practice.
- Credo Reference: Search for social distancing and open “Social distancing comes with social side effects – here’s how to stay Connected.” What is one of the three actions recommended by this article to boost feelings of well-being while social distancing?
- ProQuest Central (ProQuest): Perform a full text search for texting and communication skills. According to “Technology hurting communication skills,” communicating through virtual technology (emailing and texting) only requires people to use _____ of their communication skills. People who become accustomed to primarily communicating virtually , never truly develop other key communication skills, such as ________ language, tonality, ________contact and ________ mannerisms.
- ProQuest Central (ProQuest): Perform a full text search for gender reveal party and fire. According to “Gender-reveal party ignited costly Arizona wildfire in 2017,” Dennis Dickey shot a target filled with pink powder and Tannerite to celebrate the upcoming birth of his daughter. Unfortunately, the explosion started a fire that burned over 45,000 acres and caused over $8 million of damage. Dickey pleaded guilty and his plea agreement included _______________ years on probation, an initial payment of ______________ and monthly payments of ______________ for the next ____________ years.
- US Newsstream (ProQuest): Stay in the ProQuest interface, click on the Change Databases link near the top of the screen, uncheck ProQuest Direct and select US Newsstream. Perform a full text search for anti-vaxxers. According to ”Anti-vaxxers threaten everyone,” vaccine-wary parents across the country tend to live in clusters. This pattern makes the potential for large ______________ much more ______________.
- Go to procon.org, click on the More Issues tab, and then click on Electoral College. According to this article, what is one reason why we should stop using the Electoral College?
- Using the operator OR to combine concept terms is a good way to DECREASE the number of records retrieved in a search. True False
- The following search statement EXCLUDES any records that contain the term “Lurkers.”
(“walking dead” AND zombie) OR walkers True False - Exact Phrase Searching: Use quotation marks (“ ”) around keywords to find an exact phrase.
- Truncation (aka stemming) uses a character such as a question mark (?), hash tag (#), or asterisk (*) at the end of a word, which allows you to search for a root form of a word and pick up any ending.
- Wildcard Symbols replace a letter or letters within a keyword if there are different forms of the root word or if you are unsure about how to spell the word.
Tips for Better Search Results
Searching with Boolean Operators:
NARROW RESULTS puppy AND kitten ![]() Use AND to decrease search results. |
EXPAND RESULTS puppy OR kitten ![]() Use OR between keywords that have similar meanings to increase search results. |
DECREASE RESULTS |
INCREASE RELEVANCY OF RESULTS Law AND (ecstasy OR mdma) ![]() Nesting combines searches with parentheses to keep the searches in order. |
Example: “attention deficit disorder”
Example: typing teen* will find teen, teens, teenage, teenager, teenagers
Example: wom*n will find both women and woman