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1. Search Terms
2. Search Strategy
3. Find sources
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IS TIPS and TRICKS
Step 1: Choose Search Terms
To search for articles or Web pages about your topic, consider using one
or more of the terms listed in the table below in your search strategy:
| reviews | examples | application | implementation |
| analysis | models | disadvantages | liabilities |
| benefits | illustrations | case studies | advantages |
Step 2: Create a Search Strategy
Use the Search
Generator to
create a search strategy.
This search strategy will be formatted for you with Boolean Operators
and parentheses. Copy the search strategy when you are finished.
Step 3: Search for Web Pages or Articles
To locate electronic books, connect to ebrary and
paste your search strategy from the Search Generator into the Search
For box. Look for a CHAPTER in a book that covers your topic.
Help:
Read ebrary
Help and Support.
To find Web pages, use Yahoo!Search and paste your search strategy from the Search Generator into the search box.
HELP:
View the "The Basics" section of the Search
Engine Tutorial.
To find articles, use one of the indexes listed on Marketing/Management Databases and paste your search strategy into the search box.
HELP:
View Captivate movies about Using
Business Source Premier.
Read or print Guides/Tutorials linked on the Marketing/Management Databases
page.
Sample Searches
Some sample searches for topics are listed below:
TOPIC |
SAMPLE SEARCH |
| Data Warehouses | customer and identification and "data warehouses" |
| Data Mining | patterns and uses and "data mining" |
| Distributed Databases | example and "distributed database" security and "distributed database" |
| Online Analytical Processing | advantages and "online analytical processing" |
| Mobile Computing | advantages and "mobile computing" |
| Extranet | advantages and extranet |
| Virtual Private Networks | liabilities and "virtual private networks" |
| Transaction Processing Systems | "transaction processing systems" and site:gov |
| Supply Chain Management | examples and "supply chain management" |
| Online Banking | (advantages or disadvantages) and "online banking" |
| Decision Support Systems | implementation and "decision support systems" |
| Executive Support (Information) Systems | "executive support systems" |
| Geographic Information Systems | analysis and "geographic information systems" |
| Speech Recognition | software and reviews and "speech recognition" |
| Expert Systems | "expert systems" and (advantages or disadvantages or liabilities or benefits) |
| Virtual Reality | implementation and "virtual reality" |
| Game Theory | models and "game theory" |
| Systems Development Life Cycle | "systems development life cycle" |
| Rapid Application Development | "rapid application development" and (advantages or disadvantages or benefits or liabilities) |
| Joint Application Development | "joint application development" |
| Outsourcing | outsourcing and examples |
| Offshoring | offshoring and (advantages or disadvantages or benefits or liabilities) |
| Computer Crime/Cybercrime | ("computer crime" or cybercrime) and analysis |
| Disaster Recovery/Business Continuation Plan | ("disaster recovery plan" or "business continuation plan") and (evaluation or analysis or implementation or application) |
| Spyware | spyware and reviews |
| Phishing | phishing and application |
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