Doing your search

•What search tool should I use?

•Which type of search should I choose?

•Which search words should I type in?

•How can I decide what results to select?

•What should I do if I don’t get the results I want?

Why may it be better to search Web of Science rather than an electronic journals package?

• Because that’s what Eileen told me

• Because Dei told me

• Because you search all the journals, not just the ones published by one company

The relationship between global warming and extreme weather

Global warming

Extreme weather

AND

Why might you NOT want to search Web of Science rather than an electronic

journals package?

• Electronic journals are cool, man

• My friends all prefer electronic journals

• BU Library doesn’t have all the journals indexed in Web of Science

Which word EXPANDS your search, getting you more

results?

• AND

• BUT

• NOT

• OR

Boolean AND search

global warming extreme weather

global warming and extreme weather

Boolean OR search

extreme weather tornado* hurricane*

extreme weather or tornado* or hurricane*

global warming or

climate change

extreme weather or tornado* or hurricane*

AND

A complex Boolean search strategy

(extreme weather or hurricane* or tornado*) and (global warming or climate change)