Constructing a good search can save you a lot of time and effort. By creating better searches, you can eliminate many irrelevant hits. The following search tips and strategies can help you find relevant articles. There is a search box in which to place search words, and then you simply click on the search button. Here are a few other search tips to get the best results:. Select a date range to find more recent articles or articles from a certain time period. To find articles that contain only the full text of an article and articles from scholarly or peer-reviewed journals, check these boxes when available.
Most library databases will have an advanced search option that allows you to search for terms found in either the title, subject, author, publication name or other portion of the article. This type of searching is more efficient in that the words being searched have to appear in one of these areas fields to be included in the results list. In this example, you would find articles on secondhand smoke and women excluding articles about pregnant women. My method is based on an old analog system for organizing information on three-by-five-inch notecards.
It starts with writing a single, useful fact in the center of each notecard. In the corners, the writer indicates the source for that fact and the topic it addresses. Each notecard gets an ID number. As the writer reads more and gathers more facts, they accumulate a stack of notecards like a deck of playing cards. They then deal the cards in the deck into three or four piles. Cards on topic A form one pile; cards on topics B, C or D, other piles.
The writer then organizes the cards in each pile as if organizing a hand by suit or by rank. In this way, they have organized information to plan each sentence and each paragraph of their paper. I used a digital version of this method to write grants and papers when I was a research technician at the University of Pennsylvania, a graduate student at Yale University, a postdoc at University of Colorado at Boulder and a staff scientist at St.
By using this method, I became not only a more effective writer but also a more effective reader; this method can help in any endeavor that requires gathering and organizing information from many sources. Here are the four steps I use. As you read, copy words and phrases that capture the essence of important ideas from each section. Substitute ellipses for unnecessary words if you retype passages.
Although you may trim sentences in this way, your Word document still will become very long as you read more articles hundreds of pages. Save this valuable document for when you are ready to write.
To stay fresh, alternate between reading a few pages of an article and copying passages from those pages. When you need to write a paper or grant, start by identifying articles that are clearly relevant to your subject. Not everything you have read will be relevant for every document. Review your notes from the relevant articles. Fold a hand towel and lay a J-cloth on top. Remove deckle and put the frame on its side on the J-cloth.
Tip down onto the prepared mat. Press a sponge all over the mesh to remove excess water, then lift the frame up from one edge, leaving the handmade paper behind. Your handmade paper will be very delicate at this stage, so try not to touch it too much.
You can add things to the paper slurry to make the paper more interesting. Whizz some tiny flowers or petals and small leaves in the blender with the water, or chop with scissors and add to the water bath. Experiment and see what you like best! Repeat the process with the frame and deckle, making sure you swirl the flowers to get a good distribution over your handmade paper.
Lift onto the box sides and leave to drain. You can add a few more flowers to make an even spread. Tip out the handmade paper and layer between two J-cloths as before. Once your sheets are made, pile them up and squeeze out the excess water. It can take a day or two sometimes up to a week if your paper is very thick! Once completely dry, carefully peel your handmade paper off the J-cloths to reveal your beautiful, tactile handmade paper.
To make moulded elements for card toppers, pour some of the paper pulp into a sieve. Take a little of the soggy slurry and tip into the mould or onto a rubber stamp. Press gently to remove excess water. Making shapes out of paper pulp is really fun, and a great activity to do if you have children.
Repeat two or three times, pressing into all the details until the mould is full. Lay paper side down on a J-cloth on the mat, and press to remove excess water. Tease away any excess paper around the edge. Leave to dry for a little while and then remove gently from the mould. Lay the paper clay topper flat to dry. But, you need to make sure your paper is clear, succinct, and helpful for the use of the assignment.
Here is the point where you truly need to pay attention and think about the information you will have to include in your paper.
As a general rule, it could be a fantastic idea to keep your personal research and personal experience at the rear of your newspaper, but it is necessary to also incorporate some info from your research or experience. Placing your own personal expertise in the trunk can block you from adding it in your newspaper as a subject.
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