Boolean Operators
Boolean Operators are the 3 little words neccessary to effectivley search in any of the UNC databases.
Unlike Google, you cannot simply ask the database a question. To communication with the database, you must use your main keywords connected with Boolean Operators.
The Boolean Operators are AND, OR, NOT. The tutorial below will explain! The tutorial for Academic Search Premier will show you how the operators are used.
Database Tutorials
- Criminal Justice Abstracts Overview of searching Criminal Justice Abstracts. CJ Abstracts searches only Criminal Justice literature.
- Sage Journals Sage is an all full-text all scholarly database! It searches many CJ journals and also includes related fields such as Sociology, Psychology, and Politics.
Source Online Catalog Tutorials
- Title & Author Searching
This tutorial will take you through the steps of conducting a title and author search in the Source Online Catalog. - Keyword Searching This tutorial will take you through the steps of conducting a keyword search in the Source Online Catalog. Included is a discussion of the various limiters you can use to manipulate your search.
- Subject Searching This will take you through the steps of conducting a Subject Search in the Source Online Catalog. Subject Searching is great for precision in your results and to help focus your topic.
Journal Title Search
You can use the Journal Title Search feature in the Source to find a particular journal. This is very helpful if you have a citation and you need to find that article.
Below is the tutorial for Journal Title Searching and the link to the Journal Title Search page in the Source.
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