Introduction & Objective

Students will know the difference between KW & SB searching and will be able to complete both types of searches.

Reliable information
Peer Reviewed articles
can better control your results

Multi-subject databases have a wide variety of articles about a wide variety of subjects

Subject specific databases are just what you'd expect. There are databases for education research, health science research, business research etc.

Keyword searching is the type of searching you do when you use google. You're telling the database to find articles in which your keyword occurs more than 10 or 20 or 30 times.

You can add keywords using operators

Research tools all EbscoHost databases offer you. 3 most popular:

1. Add to Folder
2. Email Me
3. Citation

Subject searching: using controlled vocabulary. Telling the database to find articles about your topic.

Each database has its own subjects and controlled vocabulary

Can you get your research results down to below 20 hits? Try it! Start with the term "education technology"

Why do you use a database to do academic research?

What is the difference between keyword and subject searching? Why do you use one and not the other?