Searching+eLibrary

Searching eLibrary BriYana Crocker and Lana Esposito

You will start your search by going to the elibrary tab on the library media website under "Electronic Databases". Once you get there click on the eLibrary tab and that link will take you to the eLibrary. Once you get there you can start your search. When you start your search you will have an oppion of two different searches: Basic Search and Advanced Search. Basic Serach is just a regular search with limited oppinion to search at topic. Advanced Search is a more in depth search. You get more oppion to help you search for example you can set a date rangewhich means you can set the date for how far back you want yor search to be searched. Underneathe the search box you will see check boxes for where you want the information for your search to come from. For exmple if you want to search somone's pictures then you would put their name in the search bar check the picture box. Once you finish your serach and the results show up you have the oppion of how you want to sort your results for example you can put them in order by date, size, ect. On your result screen you will also see the number of results you recieved from each topic. These are different ways you can perform a search on eLibrary. Over all the research and examples we did for eLibrary it is a simple way to research different
 * 1) ====For my first search I searched Georgia O'Keefe. I did a Basic Search and checked all the boxes for where I want my information to come from. When I got my search results they mostly consisted of information from magazines and books. I got the total of 555 preferences of all types of information for Georgia O'Keefe. I sorted the information in order by date because to me that was easier. The most recent date that my information came from was November 30,2010. ====
 * 2) For my second search I searched Pablo Picasso. I did an Advanced Search and checked all the boxes for where I wanted my information to come from. I also checked a box that said that I wanted my search results to come from newspaper articles that were older than 90 days, that I wanted my search result to come from many dates and that I wanted the topic to be art. When I got my results they mostly consisted of information from newspapers and magazines. I got a total 450 preferences of all types of information Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 r Pablo Picasso. I sorted my Information in order by date again. The most recent date that my results came from was December 1, 2010.
 * 3) For my third topic, I searched Alexander the Great. I did another Basic Search. When I put in my topic, I thought of what I might need for my research like information from a newspapers or pictures, etc. When I put a check in the boxes to indicate what I might need my research it will help me find the information I need faster. I pushed search and as my result, I got over 3,000 different preferences. As I looked for information I noticed that some of my books were children books therefore I went to sort all my results for reading level, which helped me indicate what I was looking for.
 * 4) For my fourth topic, I searched Oprah Winfrey. I did another Advanced Search. In the Advanced Search there is more option you can put in, which can be easier to find the information you are looking for. I wanted to search for information that is happening in the present time as result I didn’t put a check in where it says older then 90 days results. When I searched my topic I got over 3,000 preferences. I saw many different kinds of information and I wanted the most resent result therefore I sorted my information by date, which made it easier for me to complete my research for my topic.