Introduction to Questia
Questia is a new subscription database that contains ebooks,
journal articles, newspaper and magazine articles as well as
reference materials.
You need a password to get into it.
Yours is
firstnamelastnameahs
Re-direct to Questiaschool
http://questia.com
pw: ancaster
You need a user name and
password
These are the two databases you will need
These are the tabs for your desktop!
Create new projects in the PROJECTS tab…SEARCH
using the search tab.
There is a useful demo you should watch.
Hitting SEARCH brings up this search box.
Simple Searching Guidelines
Consider the following when using Standard Search and Advanced
Search:
Capitalization
Search is not case-sensitive.
You type Search looks for
capital
capital or Capital
Capital
capital or Capital
Multiple-Word Searches
You can search for multiple words. The search looks for publications
having all your words in no particular order.
You type
death penalty
Search looks for
death AND penalty
Tips
Entering multiple words or phrases as an exact phrase might provide
better search results.
In Advanced Search, you can specify how the search handles multiple
words by choosing All the words, Any of the words, or The exact phrase
from the drop down menus.
Exact Phrases
Enclose exact phrases in quotes.
You type
"criminal
psychology"
Search looks for
"criminal psychology" (both words must
appear together in the specified order)
criminal
psychology
"attention deficit
disorder"
criminal AND psychology (both words are
present but not necessarily near each other)
"attention deficit disorder" (all words must
appear together in the specified order)
Boolean Operators(Standard Search Only)
The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT can be used in the Standard
Search.
AND means you want publications having all your search words, in any
order.
OR means you want publications having any of your search words.
NOT means you want publications having the first word but not having
the second word.
You type
Search looks for
crime and punishment crime AND punishment (both words must
be present)
crime or punishment crime OR punishment (either word must
be present)
If you use more than one Boolean Operator in the same search, you
must use parentheses to indicate which search words should be linked
by which Boolean operators. Search processes the words in the
parentheses first, then combines them with the words outside the
parentheses.
Not Correct
cats or kittens or
felines and dogs
Correct
(cats or kittens or felines) and dogs
feminist or feminism
or philosophy or
philosophical
(feminist or feminism) and (philosophy or
philosophical)
Truncation
When you use the truncation command, search looks for all words
beginning with the letters you type in. Truncation will not work in an
exact phrase search. The truncation command is *
You type
comput*
Search looks for
computer, computers, computing,
computerized, etc.
Advanced functions:
Search by Reading level (called Lexile level)
…publisher…author…date using the advanced search
option. Note: you cannot use Boolean searches…AND OR
NOT in advanced.
What is lexile level?
ADVANCED SEARCH
The Projects folder
Other features
Highlighters; bookmarks; Citations, Bibliography
NOW LET’S TRY IT LIVE!
www.questia.com