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Search Strategies
Understand the relationship between reference interview technique and search strategy.
Identify and explain the search strategy appropriate to a given question.
Identify basic strategies for starting any search.
Introduce the Central Library’s public service departments and identify their unique resources.
Introduce Core Reference Collection.
Training Objectives
You don’t have to know everything…You just have to know how to find it.
Search Strategies
Search = Question + Information Resources
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
The Search
The Question
TypeLanguageParameter
s
TypeLanguageParameter
s
Request for a specific
item or single fact
Request for
information about a
subject
Request for a specific
item or single fact
Request for
information about a
subject
How accurately the customer communicates the question
How accurately you interpret the question
How accurately the customer communicates the question
How accurately you interpret the question
The Question
TypeLanguageParameter
s
TypeLanguageParameter
s
When is the info needed?
Purpose
School assignment
Format
Subject interrelationships
Time Frame
Geographical boundaries
When is the info needed?
Purpose
School assignment
Format
Subject interrelationships
Time Frame
Geographical boundaries
The Question
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
Search = Question + Information Resources
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
The Search
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
Single tool
Collection(within a collection)
Network
Single tool
Collection(within a collection)
Network
Information Resources
TypeLanguag
eParamete
rs
TypeLanguag
eParamete
rs
How it should be approached
Its points of access
The form the entries should take
How it should be approached
Its points of access
The form the entries should take
Information Resources
Information Resources
Direct resource
Produces the actual
information
Indirect resource
Refers searcher
somewhere else
Direct resource
Produces the actual
information
Indirect resource
Refers searcher
somewhere else
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
TypeLanguageParamete
rs
The Search Process
Verify the question Categorize the question Identify type of search Identify resources useful to
search Translate question Conduct the search Deliver the information
The Search Process
Verify the question
The Search Process
Categorize the question
The Search Process
Identify the type of search
The Search Process
Identify resources useful for the search
The Search Process
Translate question into the language of the
selected source
Everything should be made as simple as possible.
Albert Einstein
The Search Process
Conduct the search
The Search Process
Deliver the information
The Search Process
If the question is not answered. . . Have I misunderstood the question?
Do I need to rethink my strategy?
Did I follow through on each decision?
Should I have tried alternative approaches?
Is this question more appropriately answered by another agency?
The Search Process
Remember… NEVER try to persuade a dissatisfied customer that
the information is acceptable
Never say we are unable to answer a question without first consulting other staff
The Search Process
Summary…The more you perform searches and use
the resources. . .
You will learn about the collection
You will develop short cuts
You will learn which sources work best for you and go right to them
