Searching Instructions for ProQuest Platinum Basic Search In the basic search you can search by keyword or phrase,

just enter the word(s) in the search box. When using a phrase of more than two words, use quotation marks.

You can also join these words with Boolean operators AND, OR and AND NOT to focus the search. You can also use the proximity operators WITHIN and PRE.

To narrow your search further: Select a DATABASE by using the drop down box to choose a subject database relevant to your query. Specify a date range, using the drop down DATE RANGE menu. Restrict documents to full-text documents by checking the box next to FULL TEXT DOCUMENTS ONLY Restrict documents to scholarly journals by checking the box marked SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, INCLUDING PEER-REVIEWED.

By clicking the MORE SEARCH OPTIONS gives you the option to search by publication title and author and look for terms in either the citation, abstract or text.

Advanced Search In the advance search tab there are three searching lines to enter keywords.

Select the index field you wish to search within from the drop down field list on the right hand side, for example Subject. You can select terms from drop down menus with the most popular indexed fields including subject, author and document type.

Once you have chosen your search criteria, click Look up or Browse Topics

to open a browse window. You can then select an item to add it to your search criteria if you wish. Then select the field in which you wish to search for your second search term, and repeat the steps above. Use the Boolean and proximity operators in the left-hand drop down lists to help build your search.

If you want to use more than three search terms, click on Add a row and repeat the steps above. As with the Basic search screen, you can: Select Databases Restrict date ranges using the drop down menus Limit your results to Full text documents only by checking the box Limit your results to Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed

The Proquest Thesaurus The Thesaurus allows you to look up subject terms in the Proquest controlled vocabulary and add those terms to the search box. To access the thesaurus go to the advanced search tab and click on LOOK UP SUBJECTS. A new window will open. In the top right hand corner click on THESAURUS. You have the option to type in a

search term to see if its in the thesaurus or scroll through an alphabetical list.

To add the search term to your search, click the yellow ADD TO SEARCH button. The thesaurus will give you a broader term, a narrower term and a related term. You can click on each one of those and then click to add them to search.

Quick Reference Searching Table

AND W/DOC

searches for both terms in up to 1000 words of the document text In place of AND when searching for keywords within Citation and Document Text or Document Text to retrieve more comprehensive results retrieve records that do not contain the term following it either of the search terms can appear in the document searches the same terms within the specified number of words from each other, in any order

AND NOT OR WITHIN

PARENTHES use these to specify the order of a search: ES eg searching for federal reserve or (US and economies) is performing two searches at the same time: 1) federal reserve OR 2) US and economies eg international relations and (foreign policy or politics) will search: 1) international relations and foreign policy OR 2) international relations and politics () group words or phrases when combining Boolean phrases and to show the order in which relationships should be considered: eg, '(mouse or mice) and (gene or pseudogene) ? he wildcard symbol ? is used to replace any single character. It cannot be used to begin a word. eg wom?n will find The truncation symbol * allows you to find variants on your search term. eg econom* will find economy, economics, economical

Adding a Search Widget

The ProQuest Search Widget helps your library increase visibility of licensed databases by letting you embed a ProQuest search box on any school/library web page. You pick the databases to search, and can pre-populate the search with specific search Terms, whatever meets the research need you are trying to support. GO TO www.proquest.co.uk/go/searchwidget and click on CREATE A PROQUEST SEARCH WIDGET. 1. Type the Database IDs separated by commas in the Databases field. The IDs can be found by clicking on the DATABASES SELECTED link on the main page. You can also leave this space blank if you wish to include all subscriptions.

1. 0 2. If you want to limit your search, check Full text documents only or Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed. 3. Enter the Proxy URL for your organization if one is used. If you don't k know the Proxy URL, check with your proxy administrator. Make sure to include /login?url= at the end. = Examples --http://proxy.lib.edu:2048/login?url= 0 http://000.58.210.244:2048/login?url= 4. Enter any search terms you want the search to include. Each search term should be separated by commas. (Search terms will be combined using A AND.) The limit for this field is 60 characters. 5. Make selections for the Search Box appearance, including: Logo Select ProQuest logo or the label ProQuest Search. Logo location If you selected to use the ProQuest logo, select where

to display the logo. Search Button location Select where to place the search button. Border color Enter a color for the border using the Hexadecimal Color Code or use the Color Picker option to select from the color p palette. Background color Enter a color for the background using the Hexadecimal Color Code or use the Color Picker option to select from the color palette. Length of text box Select a length for the text entry field between 15 and 60 characters. 2. 6. You can preview your selections in the Preview area. The preview will be automatically updated when you change your selections. When the settings meet your needs, click Create Widget. 7. Follow these steps to add the Widget to your web page: a. Click the Copy code to clipboard link to copy the javascript code for the on in an HTML editor. c. In the "Source View" mode of your HTML editor, paste the Search Widget code where you want it to appear on your web page. (If you are working in a program such as Dreamweaver in design view, make sure to paste the HTML code.) d. Save the page and upload to the server. Search Widget. b. Open the web page you would like to place the Search Widget

Assessment Pieces KWL Worksheet I included this in the packet this worksheet so that students would be organized when they start their research. There is a spot for them to brainstorm words for their topic so that if one doesnt yield many results they already have others to fall back on. The KWL chart really focuses their search. If they fill in briefly what they already know, they will then know not to search for that information. They will have right in front of them the types of questions that their sources must answer. Then when they do the search they can keep track of the sources they found by writing down the bibliographic information of the text and what question of theirs does that specific source answer. Student Checklist The student checklist is mostly for the students own purpose, to make sure they have completed each step for using Proquest to do their research. This is to be done after the students have completed the KWL worksheet. The checklist also addresses if the students have completed some of the AASL standards this exercise addresses. For example standard 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.3.1 are all addressed in the KWL worksheet. This checklist when

completed will then let the teacher/librarian know if the student has completed those standards from doing this exercise. Teacher Rubric This rubric is for the teacher to complete for each student after the whole project is complete. It is a way that the teacher can both assess the students work for this project to make sure the learning goals were achieved, that the students followed the ethical guidelines of citing all sources. It is also a rubric for the teacher to evaluate the effectiveness of the project. Did it fit into the curriculum? Was the project design organized enough for students to follow? Were the instructions clear? That way the teacher can assess their own role in the project and will know for next time what worked and what didnt work.

Sources Used
http://www.proquest.com - for the widget instructions and the quick reference guide http://ldt.stanford.edu/~tacyt/projectrubric.html - for the teacher rubric

RESEARCH CHECKLIST
Complete checklist once your research is complete. 1. 2. 3.
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Name Topic Block

Brainstorm synonyms and related terms for your topic. I used the KWL chart to formulate new questions on my topic. I was able to search the Database effectively on my topic I selected sources based on what I Put in my W portion of the KWL I wrote down the appropriate citation for the source I used. I was able to find at least 5 sources on my topic. 8. 9. 10. I was able to answer all of my question I had from the KWL I now know more about my topic than I did when I started this research I feel confident using this database

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Student Research Completion Checklist