Using Databases
How to Research
Pop Quiz!
What is a journal?
ƒ A. A diary (Dear Journal: My
boyfriend dumped me today…)
ƒ B. A newspaper (The Edmonton
Journal)
ƒ C. An academic or scholarly
magazine (Journal of Linguistics
and Literature)
What is a Database?
ƒ A. A term used in baseball (Run to
database!)
ƒ B. A Star Trek character (Turn off
your emotion chip, Database.)
ƒ C. An online collection of journal
articles (I got the essay from the
EBSCO database.)
They save you from driving to
university libraries all over North
America…
Robarts
Library,
University
of
Toronto
The dangers
of Google!!!
Maybe???
Bummer.
EBSCO Databases
Literary Reference Centre
Advanced Search
Delete the parts in square
brackets.
?
EBSCO Research Databases
Delete items in square brackets.
Knowledge Ontario
Password: trillium
Useless!
Brampton Public Library
Library Card?
ƒ Do you have a
public library card?
Why
not??
Home page
Main catalogue
page
Select
“Full text”
Scroll down
to the
bottom
Folder
Two types of documents.
Searching On Line
Documents
Web Pages and PDFs
Search a web
page for key
words.
Search a
PDF.
Key word.
All occurrences
of the word in
the document.
Click to access.
Citing Sources
But how do I
cite this
stuff??
Quality Research…
…is a must!