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Comparison Guide
1. Return hits that have ALL words
| UCAT Library Catalog |
media and ethics |
| ProQuest Article Database |
media and ethics |
| AltaVista web search engine |
+media +ethics |
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2. EXCLUDE a word from a search
| UCAT Library Catalog |
media and ethics not television |
| ProQuest Article Database |
media and ethics and not television |
| AltaVista web search engine |
+media +ethics -television |
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3. Search for a PHRASE
| UCAT Library Catalog |
"media ethics" |
| ProQuest Article Database |
"media ethics" |
| AltaVista web search engine |
"media ethics" |
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4. Search for words in the TITLE of a document
| UCAT Library Catalog |
go to Guided Keyword search |
| ProQuest Article Database |
go to Guided Search |
| AltaVista web search engine |
+title:media +title:bias |
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5. Search for a specific TYPE of resource
| UCAT Library Catalog |
select Limits |
| ProQuest Article Database |
select Article Type or Publication Type |
| AltaVista web search engine |
+"media ethics" +url:org |
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6. Pick up all FORMS of a word (aka: truncation or "stemming" -- finds ethic, ethics, ethical,
etc.)
| UCAT Library Catalog |
media and ethic? |
| ProQuest Article Database |
media and ethic? |
| AltaVista web search engine |
it's automatic! |
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