Performing+a+Search

Notes on Performing a Search: eLibrary -standard search; not an elobarate search. There are some search options such as: magazines, books, newspapers,websites, pictures, audio/video, and transcripts. If you were doing a search on **gun control**, it would give you the most basic results they have for you. Does not have as many search options as the advanced search has. **For the basic search result screen you get about only 10 different results.** - gives you more detail and more elobartate information on the topic you are searching, has more search options at the bottom of the page. If you were doing a topic on **child abuse**, it would give more detailed information on it, and more databases to look of off. The Advanced search options are your: title, document language, document title, author name, reading level, and publication name. Also along with, magazines, books, newspapers,websites, pictures, audio/video, and transcripts. These are very helpful when you are writing a paper. For the advanced search result screen you get more detailed results, also more results rather than the basic screen result.
 * Search:
 * **Basic Search-Morgan**
 * **Advanced Search-Anna**

- the most frequently searched topics that other people have found most helpful. Tells you which topics were searched frequently. It can also give you ideas on a topic if you need one for writing a paper. **Show Examples. When you click on the popular search link, it will give you many ideas that you can search, and will give you alot of information on the topic. It gives you about how much the advanced search would give you-about 10.-result screen.** - this enables you to search a specific topic you need information on. example: **global warming**. Once you type in global warming it will give you about five different articles/databases you can choose from. You can browse by topics they give you which are: mathematics, art, hisotry, reference, science, english/language arts, Physical Education Sports,and Social Sciences. Every catagory that you can search has more detailed topics below them that ios related to the topic that you searched.
 * **//Popular Search-Both//**
 * //Topic Search//-If have time will talk about this. Both

- this enables you to search a topic by using a magazine, map, book, newspaper, pictures, audio/videos, and transcripts. example: **The Constitution.** - enables you to search a topic and be able to use a: encyclopedia, thesuarus, dictionary, Almanac, and the Atlas. Example: **Greece**. After you type it in, it gives you many databases to look off of for a reference.
 * Publication Search- of we have time-Morgan
 * Reference Search-if we have time-Anna
 * On the side of the database there is a tab called the: Special Collections. In this tab they have Literarture and History, it takes you to a different website called ProQuest Literature and the History Study Center. This gives you information on topics of Literature and History. Examples: **Ancient Egypt, and Shakespeare**. Once you type in those topics on the databases it will give you different choices of articles you can choose.
 * You can also search for a timeline of a specifc author, such as William Shakespeare and it will give you a timeline of him.
 * There are Quizzes you can take on this website to quiz you on searching and evaluating.
 * If we have time-Both. For three bullet points above.