Homan – Exercise 1
Question Number: ___1___
1. Search Plan
FaceBook
Purchase Price
Instagram
Buys
Instagram
Purchase
Instagram
Facebook
Boolean
Database(s) – by industry group or specific ones:
PROMT
Fields or other limiters (dates, document types, etc.):
Dates limited to last 3 years; and document types to newspapers, wire feeds, and trade journals
Contingency Planning:
(what to do if I retrieve too little or too much?)
I did not receive a lot of information without the limiters. Once I did that, I was able to narrow the amount and could then build upon my research terms.
Other notes:
$741 Million was the final purchase price
2. Search Steps
Step 1: Go to databases and select Gale PROMT and go to advance search
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Step 2: After clicking advance search enter FaceBook in first box, Instagram in the second and the third enter price the search box on right side should have all fields + text in all three boxes.
Step 3: Make sure all boxes have AND in them
Step 4: Below boxes go to the limit to section. Click on publication date and limit them to last three years. Also scroll down further to document types and click on boxes for newspaper, trade journals, and wire feeds.
Step 5: scroll down and click on search
3. Search Results
Facebook-Instagram deal final - at a reduced price.
Evangelista, Benny. San Francisco
Chronicle : D4. San Francisco Chronicle. (Sep 7, 2012)
Found in:
Gale Group PROMT® (1972 - current)
Preview Facebook Inc to buy Instagram.
Premium Banking News : NA. Plus Media
Solutions. (Apr 11, 2012)
Found in:
Gale Group PROMT® (1972 - current)
Preview Instagram Picks Up Steam as an Engagement Tool-and the Press Digs It.
PR News :
NA. Access Intelligence, LLC. (Oct 29, 2012)
Found in:
Gale Group PROMT® (1972 - current)
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Question Number: ___2___
1. Search Plan
Second life
Second language
(Study on learning second language on-line)
Virtual reality study
Language
Study
“Second Life”
Learning
Second life
Hungarian
Boolean
Database(s) – by industry group or specific ones:
All databases
Fields or other limiters (dates, document types, etc.):
None
Contingency Planning:
(what to do if I retrieve too little or too much?)
My first was to limit the dates but I still got to many result. Use the search tips provide by the site.
Other notes:
I kept getting this article in 80% of my searches. I feel it is the right article, but there is a side of me that wonders if it is.
2. Search Steps
Step 1: Look up Second Life so I knew what I was looking for.
Step 2: Go to databases and make sure all are checked.
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Step 3: Click on advance search.
Step 4: Enter into first box on right study on learning second language on-line; in second box enter "Second Life"; in the third box enter Hungarian .
Step 5: On left side make sure all search boxes have all fields + text in all three boxes.
Step 6: Hit enter.
3. Search Results
Foreign language vocabulary development through activities in an online 3D environment
Milton, James ; Jonsen, Sunniva ; Hirst, Steven ; Lindenburn, Sharn . Language Learning
Journal 40. 1 (Apr 2012): 99-112.
Abstract (summary)
Translate Abstract
On-line virtual 3D worlds offer the opportunity for users to interact in real time with native speakers of the language they are learning. In principle, this ought to be of great benefit to learners, and mimicking the opportunity for immersion, that real-life travel to a foreign country offers. We have very little research to show whether this is the case, however, nor how best to take advantage of virtual travel for foreign language development. This paper investigates the vocabulary environment and learning among learners in the Vill@ge virtual learning environment in Second Life. It appears that outside controlled learning activities, the lexical environment is poor and offers little opportunity for lexical growth. However, there is some evidence that learners, even in a short space of time, can improve their speed of language interaction and their fluency, and in focused vocabulary-learning activities uptake was good and comparable with more traditional vocabulary-learning activities
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Question Number: __3____
1. Search Plan
“Type 2 diabetes”
Diabetic care
“Diabetes Mellitus,
Type 2”
Treatments
Current
Therapy
Treatments
Diet
Diet*
Boolean
Database(s) – by industry group or specific ones:
Medline
Fields or other limiters (dates, document types, etc.):
Limit to last 3 years; click human, males, females
Contingency Planning:
(what to do if I retrieve too little or too much?)
The amount can be changed by changing out the limiters. Also, look at MeSH keywords
Other notes:
2. Search Steps
Step 1: Go to databases and check only Medline.
Step 2: Click on advance search.
Step 3: Enter into first box on right “ Diabetes type 2”; in second box enter Treatment; in third
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box enter diet *
Step 4: On left side make sure all search boxes have all fields + text in all boxes.
Step 5: Scroll to the lower section; the first limit to, check Humans, Males, and Females
Step 6: Limit publication dates to last 3 years then
Step 7: on MESH enter diabetes mellitus, type 2 – therapy
Step 8: hit enter
3. Search Results
Eriksson, J. G. (1999). Exercise and the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. An update.
Sports
Medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 27 (6), 381-91. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/professional/docview/592441359?accountid=143640
Halimi, S. (2005). New treatment strategies for type-2 diabetes?
Presse Médicale (Paris, France : 1983),
34 (18), 1287-92. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/professional/docview/589799532?accountid=143640
4. Analysis
Initially going into this search, I thought it would be simple. After entering my first search, I discovered that it was going to be harder than I thought. Not because of the amount of search options, while there were too many at first, it was due to the language in many of the articles. Since the question was to find information base on our own interest or someone we knew, I wanted something that did not require a dictionary to understand the abstracts. I did try to limit searches to guidelines or handouts but the results were usually just titles with no abstract for information.
Many of the results had drug results in the information, but I chose two that deals with diet and exercise. I am a type 2 diabetic and do try to keep up on the latest break through, many times the studies show simple diet and exercise to be the best treatments. I so I used diet as one
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of my search terms. This limited my results to fewer than 70 hits. I actually found two articles by clicking the find similar feature and both would have been my top two choices, but I was unable to duplicate how ProQuest came up with these two as similar. This was my obstacle trying to figure out how to find these articles in one search. They did not have buy two search terms in common. I could not figure out who to match terms enough to duplicate the results. I tried about 45 different combinations to get no results. Here are the two articles:
Fabian, E., Töscher, S., Elmadfa, I., & Pieber, T. R. (2011). Use of complementary and alternative medicine supplements in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 58 (2), 101-8. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326765
Einecke, D. (2011). Diabetes mellitus: Diet and physical activity improve sleep apnea.
MMW Fortschritte
Der Medizin, 153 (29-31), 18-18. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/professional/docview/883087190?accountid=143640
After my initial attempt for search results, I found it easier to look at the MESH words to use in my future searches. This allowed me to see what other terms were used in articles I picked randomly. That is how I found limiting the search to humans, male and female reduced my searches results by thousands. My planning to look at the MESH terms helped me narrow the results. Again, my problem came back to non-medical jargon or terminology to meet the information need.
I did gain some valuable search tips for my next question. Using the MESH words, I was able to see a common set of keyword relating to diabetes, including the actual medical term for it. The importance of selecting limiters to narrow down results is also important. Who knew just by clicking human, males, and females would reduce results so drastically. In addition, reviewing search tips provided by the database helps when a search runs into trouble. I think the next question will be much simpler now that I have found some useful items during this search.
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Question Number: __4____
1. Search Plan
“Type 2 diabetes”
Diabetic care
“Diabetes Mellitus,
Type 2”
Treatments
Current
Therapy
Treatments
Diet
Diet*
Boolean
Database(s) – by industry group or specific ones:
Gale Group Health Periodicals Database
Fields or other limiters (dates, document types, etc.):
Date limited to last 3 years
Contingency Planning:
(what to do if I retrieve too little or too much?)
Narrow with limiters and use terms provided in results
Other notes:
2. Search Steps
Step 1: Go to databases and check only Gale Group Health Periodicals Database.
Step 2: Click on advance search.
Step 3: Enter into first box on right Diabetes; in second box enter Treatment; in third box enter
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care
Step 4: On left side make sure all search boxes have all fields + text in all boxes.
Step 5: Limit publication dates to last 3 years then
Step 6: hit enter
3. Search Results
Diabetes. (2012). LivingRight: Your Health and Wellness Awareness Bulletin, , 1(2). Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/professional/docview/1223575133?accountid=143640
Diabetes update. (1993). Health News, 11 , p1(4). Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/professional/docview/767903785?accountid=143640
4. Analysis
I began the search using the steps provide for the previous question. I discovered that I could not limit my results by selecting only human, males and females. I was concerned that this would lead to large result numbers. I was surprised when my initial results came up with only 96 results. Even though the result count was low, it did not give me the results I wanted. I looked at several of the articles and their business subjects to see other search terms I could use. I changed my search terms and found a bigger number of results, but I did not have a language problem on this database. I was easily able to find two very good articles that were written in everyday language.
This database was easier to search through and yield more useful results. I would rather use it over Medline. What I thought would be an obstacle ended up not being one in regards to being able to limit to result to humans. All the articles I saw were only related to humans. In addition, being able to read the full article not just an abstract was a great benefit to finding what
I was looking for specifically. The Gale Group Health Periodicals Database seemed to be geared with everyday people in mind, whereas Medline was geared toward medical personnel.
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In Google Scholar, I discovered the language situation again. The articles were in medical language making some items difficult to understand. Then some items when clicked would load to sites that you had to pay for the article or database usage. Using the search terms from ProQuest, I was not able to locate anything that I wanted so I had to look at terms in randomly chosen articles. When I tried dietary as a search term, I received a larger amount of
PDF files with study results. Finally, after about 14 tries I found a search phrase the pulled up similar items to my ProQuest results. Using the AROUND operator helped narrow results to manageable amount. I was able to change the number to vary the results. Finally, I customized the date range I wanted to narrow my focus even more. I did miss not being able to go back and review my previous search terms using Google, but was nice if I miss spelled something it would still do a search with correct spellings.
The steps used to find my record:
Step 1: pull up Google Scholar
Step 2: using the following search terms (type 2 diabetes AROUND(2) self-care therapy)
Step 3: hit enter
Step 4: customize dates on left side bar to 2011-2013
Step 5: hit enter again
The result should be from Diabetesjournal.org in the first record.
Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Patient-Centered Approach”
Published online before print April 19, 2012, doi: 10.2337/dc12-0413 Diabetes Care June 2012 vol. 35 no. 6 1364-1379 http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/35/6/1364.short
Overall, this experience has confirmed the information on searching found in the reading for this class. It is important to look at keyword terms used in other articles to help narrow down the search terms used to find the exact results. In addition, the use of operators and limiters help
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reduce unwanted results. I see the need for a search plan based on the patrons request and branching out from there to find exact results. The ability to review results and compare controlled vocabulary to narrow down search is a safe contingency plan.
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