Searching Tips

Searching Tips

The Internet contains many excellent websites, as well as sites with false or misleading information. If you need help verifying sources, check with our reference librarians.

We also recommend that you use reliable databases such as EBSCO, Proquest and Lexis-Nexis when conducting your research. For help with this, or any other fact finding mission, visit us in the LRC.

               Truncation Symbols              Boolean Operators

These symbols vary with different databases.
When used properly they expand one's search.

 AND OR NOT
Operators can help expand or focus a search

 

      Misinformation Websites             Evalutating Web Resources
 Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide - Then  Identifying an Authoritative Website
 Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide - Now  FTC Consumer Education
 Feline Reactions to Bearded Men  Better Read That Again: Web Hoaxes and Misinformation
 Ladies Against Women  Snopes: Urban Legends Reference Pages
 Huh? Corp  


 


 

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