1.
Searching Tips
Decide which search terms or keywords you will use.
Start with the topic of "Information Technology" and think about the
other words or phrases you can use to search for the same idea. What
specific technologies do you already know of that might be applied in
your career or industry?
Examples: Information Technology, IT,
Computers, Technology, Automation, Devices, Information, Web 2.0, Web
Think about your career field. In what new ways might
you expect technology to impact or be applied to your career field or
industry?
Come up with search terms related to your career field such as specific
jobs, job duties or practices that might be impacted by technology.
Examples: Career Field = education
Other search terms related to this topic = teaching, instruction,
classroom, learning, school, colleges, teachers
Combine your search terms for technology and the career
field into a search either in a library database, a reputable web
magazine or journal, Internet search engine, or Internet article search
engine.
Since the articles must be very recent, look for
options to limit the date of your search.
In the library's databases, most search
screens will include a date limit option
If the date range limit you need is not offered, keep in mind that the
search results will be sorted by date with the newest article listed
first. Just pay attention to the publication date of each article as
you are looking in the results.
In other cases, look for the ability to sort your results by date if
necessary.
Your article must be at least 2000 words long:
The library's Ebsco databases allow you to
limit your search to articles that are of a certain page length (show me→)
ProQuest Newsstand identifies the word count of each article (show me→)
In other cases, you can copy and paste the article into Microsoft Word
to get the word count of your research article.
2.
Library Article Databases
These allow you to search for
articles from magazines, journals and newspapers. (show me→)
3.
Search for Articles on the Web
Directory of
Open Access Journals
Find
Articles
Google
Scholar (click
here to find out how to use Google Scholar to
Find Full Text @ the MCC Library)
MagPortal
Internet
Public Library Magazine Directory – Magazine Directory
List of Free
Articles Databases and Publications
on the WWW
Subject Directories and Search Engines
Complete
Planet - Meta-search engine
Infomine
Intute
Librarians’
Internet Index
Open Directory
Project
More Choices: Searching the World Wide Web &
Evaluating Sources (web page)
4.
Citing Your Sources (web page)
5.
Contact your Class Librarian if you need assistance
Email
kcook at mclennan.edu
Use Pronto to chat - username kcook
Use the Class Librarian Discussion Board
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