A keyword search now let us look at keyword search

(a) Keyword Search
Now let us look at keyword search steps:
Step 1: At the library portal, click on „Search Database‰ icon to access
EBSCOhost database (see Figure 3.34).
Figure 3.34: Click at „Search Database‰ icon
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Step 2: Type „EBSCOhost „ in „Search‰ column (see Figure 3.35).
Figure 3.35: Type in „ebscohost‰ in the search column to access EBSCOhost database
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Step 3: Select the relevant database, for example, EBSCOhost: Academic
Source Complete. Click on „Connect to Database‰ link (see
Figure 3.36).
Figure 3.36: Click on „Connect to Database‰ link to access the database
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Step 4: Type the keyword „Web marketing‰ in the search box and click
on „Search‰ button (see Figure 3.37).
Figure 3.37: Type keywords and select appropriate search type
Step 5: To choose an academic journal, under „Source Types‰, tick
„Academic Journals‰ (see Figure 3.38). All academic journal
articles in „Web marketing‰ will be listed.
Figure 3.38: Tick on „Academic Journals‰ to get a list of academic journals on Web
marketing
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Step 6: Select articles to read by clicking on „PDF Full Text‰ or „HTML
Full Text‰ (see Figure 3.39). Click on diskette icon  to save or
printer icon  to print the article.
Figure 3.39: Click „PDF Full Text‰ or „HTML Full Text‰ to open full text of the article
Step 7: You may need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to enable you to
view the PDF in full text.
(b) Title Search
Let us search the following article:
Susan Danby, Catherine Thompson, Maryanne Theobald and Karen
Thorpe. ChildrenÊs strategies for making friends when starting school .
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood , 37 (2), 63 ă 71, Jun 2012.
Let us follow the steps:
Step 1: After you clicked at „Connect to Database‰ (see previous Figure
3.36), type the title of the article „Children's strategies for making
friends when starting school‰ and then click „Advanced Search‰
(see Figure 3.40).
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Figure 3.40:
Type the title of the article and
click on „Advanced Search‰
Step 2: Choose „TI Title‰ at drop-down menu. Then click at „Search‰
button (see Figure 3.41).
Figure 3.41: Type the article title and choose „Title‰ field
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SEARCHING IN THE INTERNET
Last but not least, let us learn on how to search using the Internet. Take note that
when searching for information on the Internet, you need to apply certain search
strategies by using different tools. This subtopic will take you further on the
journey of searching for information on the Internet. Let us continue the lesson.