Sources and Formats
Search Tools
Keywords
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Library Catalog Searches
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This kind of source comes directly from the creator of the source.  For example, a diary or journal.
A primary source
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Google, Bing, or Yahoo are examples of this kind of search tool.
A search engine.
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These are referred to as the five "w"s and are used to narrow down a search topic.
Who, what, where, when, and why
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True or False? You want your keywords to be very general, and non-specific to get as many results as possible when you search.

FALSE!!!
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I would use this kind of search to find books written by Rick Riordan.
An author search
200
Netflix and YouTube are examples of this kind of format.
A digital or streaming format
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This part of a book lists important keywords and the page(s) they are located on

An index

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True or False? By combining some of the five "w"s, or using multiple terms, my search results will be more specific
TRUE!!!
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True or False? Google is the best online search tool to use when doing research?
FALSE!!!
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I would use this kind of search to find a specific genre - such as historical fiction.
A subject search
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True or False - books can be either a primary OR a secondary source
TRUE!
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This volume of books has many different subjects you can research.  Worldbookonline is an example of a digital version.
An encyclopedia
300
To get the best results, I must make sure the search terms I use are this:
Accurate (spelled correctly) and precise
300
Combining two or three of the five "w"s will give me fewer/narrower results, or more/broader results?
Fewer/narrower results
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I would use this kind of search if I knew some of the words in a book title.
A title search
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This source is an interpretation of an original source.  For example, a textbook, an encyclopedia, or newspaper article.
A secondary source
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This online resource that is only available to WI residents, searches databases and allows you to limit your results based on time published, lexile level, format, etc.

BadgerLink

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In addition to the five "w"s these types of words (sometimes called 'parts of speech') may be used to create good keyword searches.  

Nouns, adjectives, and verbs

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Nouns are comprised of one of these:

Person, place, or thing

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I would use this kind of search if I wanted to find books about dogs, and want results that have "dog" in the title, subject, or summary.
A keyword search
500
A hardcover book is an example of this source format.
A print format
500
You can use this online search tool to find all of the books located in the library
The library catalog
500

These words are also called 'describing words'.

Adjectives

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Running, jumping, falling, and growing are all examples of this kind of word.

Verbs

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If I want to find all of the Harry Potter books, I would use this kind of search
A series search
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