Doing your search

•Which search tool to use?

•What type of search?

•Which search words to type in ?

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

Which search tool?

Books Library catalogue

Journal articles Online databases

Websites Google – more sites, less quality

Intute – more quality, fewer sites

Which type of search?

• Quick search (usually the default search)

Easy – but may not allow you to refine your search sufficiently to get the best results

• Advanced searchMore difficult – but offers more search options to

get you better results

Choosing your search words

• Not getting results? Try different search words….

Teenagers

Adolescents

Young adults

Use “truncation” to get more results

Teenage* stands for

Teenage

Teenaged

Teenager

Teenagers

Civili*ation stands for

Civilisation

Civilization

Ymadroddau

• Pan rydych yn chwilio rhai cronfeydd data, e.e. Web of Science, rhaid teipio dyfynnodau o amgylch eich geiriau er mwyn chwilio amdanynt fel ymadrodd (phrase searching)

“single mothers”

“teenage pregnancy”

Mynegi syniadau cymhleth

The relationship between global warming and extreme weather

Global warming

Extreme weather

AND

Wedi’w fynegi’n weledol

global warming extreme weather

global warming and extreme weather

Pa air sy’n CYFYNGU’ch chwiliad, er mwyn dod o hyd i

ganlyniadau mwy perthnasol, er yn llai niferus?

• OR

• BUT

• NOT

• AND

Pa air sy’n EHANGU’ch chwiliad, er mwyn dod o hyd i ragor o

ganlyniadau?

• AND

• BUT

• NOT

• OR

Ddim digon o ganlynidau?

• Defnyddiwch “trychiad” (truncation)

• Defnyddiwch “OR” i ehangu’r chwiliad

• Defnyddiwch gyfystyron (synonyms)

• Triwch gronfa ddata arall

Gormod o ganlyniadau?

• Defnyddiwch “AND” i gyfyngu’ch chwiliad

• Defnyddiwch y chwiliad manwl i gyfyngu’ch chwiliad

• Defnyddiwch y chwiliad manwl i chwilio’r meysydd priodol, e.e. teitl yr erthygl, yn unig