Sept 2024_Search strategies and library databases

1. Develop search techniques to

effectively locate and access scholarly materials in your field of study.

2. Learn how to access and utilize the

best available resources to support
your assignments, research projects
and academic undertakings.

Word Cloud

Which platform do you use most frequently to acquire information?

Multiple Choice

Only Swinburne community can use OpenAthens to access resources via the Swinburne Library Website.

• True

• False

What type/format
of information do
you need to find?

What is the main

topic?

What are the

possible

keywords?

Is there a second
topic or broader

topic?

What type/format
of information do
you need to find?

What is the main

topic?

What are possible

keywords?

Is there a second
topic or broader

topic?

•Books

•Journal articles

•Book chapters

Climate change

• Global warming
• Global heating
• Climate crisis

Australian
agriculture

✓

✓

✓

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

Multiple Choice

You can use Wikipedia as a reference in your assignment report.

• True

• False

•

•

•

is useful for

is NOT useful if you are looking for

➢ Defining terms and concepts
➢ Locating images and video resources
➢ Finding official statistical data
➢ Finding government reports

➢ Scholarly resources
➢ Peer-reviewed resources

We recommend that you use Library Search instead.

•

•

•

Poll

Students are allowed to use ChatGPT to do their assignment.

• True

• False

• Not sure

“

”

Global

warming

“

”

Draw

Draw quotation mark used in phrase searching.

•

•

Multiple Select

Choose the three (3) Boolean Operators.

• Not

• Or

• With

• And

➢

➢

➢

➢

➢

•

•

•

​Provide access to course materials

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr859