Super Search Skills
Filter Fun
Summon Stuff
100
Use quotation marks, e.g. "xxxxxx"
How should you search for an exact phrase in Summon or a library database?
100
So you don't get a lot of old stuff.
Filter by date range.
100
To email or print the results you've selected to yourself or someone else.
Why would you click on the plus sign beside an article in Summon (or the results folder at the bottom)?
200
Use an asterisk *
How can you search different spellings of a word, e.g. Canad*
200
When you want to retrieve only academic, scholarly articles.
Why would you search for peer reviewed / scholarly articles/journals only?
200
Content type, publication date, full text, exclude newspaper articles.
What are some of the filter options for Summon results?
300
Keywords only.
What should you use to search in a library database, instead of questions or sentences?
300
To retrieve Globe & Mail, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, etc. articles only.
Why would you filter search results for newspaper articles?
300
More than 160.
How many library databases can you search at once with Summon?
400
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Words you shouldn't use in a search.
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