this is the sample . You only need do the part 3

my topic is ( Global warming ).

PART 1: Words are important!

Good research requires some pre-planning, especially in selecting the words that you will type into a search bar to find articles. The reason is because if your words are not the precise ones or the types of things that you’re hoping to find, you are not going to get what you’re looking for. Remember: garbage in, garbage out.

Write down your topic, research question, or hypothesis

Global warming

Pick out 2-3 nouns from your topic, research question, or hypothesis that are key to your research:

Greenhouse effect, melting ice, atmospheric damage

Now type 1 synonym* or a word that the discipline might use** for each noun you detailed above:

Excessive carbon dioxide emissions, rising temperatures, melting of frozen regions, ozone depletion.

PART 2: Searching library databases

Searching a library database is not like searching Google; many databases are very unforgiving of typos and have many more features. They tend to, however, have the same searching mechanisms, look, and feel.

Find the database “Science Direct” by:

Going to http://libguides.sjsu.edu/biology

Click on “Find Articles by Topic”

Click on “Science Direct”

— Turn Over —

Type in your search terms (like shown below) – remember, these are your 2-3 nouns pulled from your topic, research question, or hypothesis:

Limit your results. Common limiters:

Publication years (generally last 10 years in the sciences)

Article / Source Type (research articles, journal articles, peer-reviewed articles, primary sources, etc.)

Change how the results are sorted: relevance or best match

How many results are left? ___256,658 results_
Are you getting too many results? Or maybe you’re getting too few results?

If too many:

o Try Boolean searching using the word “And” to get more specific results

o Try adding in another keyword

If too few:

o Try Boolean searching using the word “Or” in between your synonyms

o Consider a broader term for one of your keywords

Try the same search with the following databases below. Write down the words you used and how many results came up for your search:

PART 3: Citing your sources

Write an CSE citation for an article that you found. Example can be found at: https://libguides.sjsu.edu/c.php?g=230082&p=152704…

PART 4: A few more questions to answer

1. What is the most important thing you learned from the library session?

2. One question that remains unanswered for you?

PART 5: To do

Create an ILLiad / Interlibrary Loan Account

o Why? To get materials not available at SJSU

o Free, but allow for 3-5 business days for articles, 2 weeks for books & theses

o Create an account! Go to:
http://library.sjsu.edu/ > CSU+/InterLibraryLoan > InterLibrary Loan > First-Time User?

Questions? Need to meet up? Email Yen Tran, Biological Sciences Librarian, yen.tran@sjsu.edu