What is in the database? What kinds of information are available?
The database consists of information that is collected, stored, organized and safeguarded in order to permit easy recovery whenever the information is required. Databases consist of information in the form of data, which is again a collection of facts that can be in numbers, dimensions, terms or observations. Hence, databases are made up of tables that contain fields and reports (Reitz, 2004-6).
How to search in the database – what search methods are available? What is the function of “AND” “OR” “*” and “---” in the keyword search?
Databases permit the user different searching methods which include; Boolean search, which is also known as keyword searching, the truncation search known to use different type of words in a Boolean search, stop word search and nesting search method that always maintain the meaning of your keyword search. The main function of “AND” “OR” “*” and “---” in keyword search is to amend the results in order to gather every information in the database that include a single word or set of words (Reitz, 2004-6).
What is my potential review paper topic(s)?
The potential review paper topic should be structured with relevance to the topic of discussion for instance, an introduction to database systems and database concepts.
What is the search keywords identified in the previous step?
The keywords that can be identified in our previous step include the database systems and database concepts.
Conduct keywords search with EBSCO and ERIC. With a keyword search, how many items of articles the database initially identifies?
With the keyword search, the database initially identifies over one thousand and nine hundred articles that relate to our paper topic.
Do I have too many articles or too little? How to narrow down my search or how to expand my search?
Yes, according to our search there are excessive articles in relation to our main topic. By use of an advanced search function that gives results that are, more refined and has control over the user, one can simply, narrow down this kind of search.
Does the database provide full-text information or abstract only? How do I have access to full-text information?
The database provides abstract information only. Hence, to have full access of the text information one has to download the PDF version of the full text.
Works cited:
Reitz, J. M. (2004-6). ODLIS - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. Westport, CN: Libraries Unlimited.
