JAPAN : HISTORY AND CULTURE

- broaden topic if nothing or not enough titles are found:
  eg./  japan* description => asia* description

- For this assignment, more is available in the specific subject areas and then browse the Table of Contents and/or Index of each title. (Change from General keyword to Subject if necessary to narrow search)
     theat* => japan* theat*
     fashion*
     food OR cookery OR recipe* => japan* (food OR cookery OR recipe*)
     religio* => religio* japan* => religio* asia*
     world war not fiction => japan* world war not fiction
     architecture (better to see japan* description or asia* description)
     flower arrang*
     origami
     painting => painting (asia* OR orient*)
     pottery
     music* asia*
     dance not fiction => dance (asia* OR japan*)
     japan* martial arts

- to find videos add the term video* to search
  eg./ japan* video*

Browse:

• 391s - Fashion
• 641 - Food & Cookery
• 700 - 760s - Visual Arts / Arts & Crafts / Architecture
• 780s - Music
• 790s - Performing Arts (including sports & martial arts)
• 940.53s - World War II
• 952 - Japan
• United Streaming (all current collection) - pls. see Library for login info
• United Streaming Videos - Countries & Cultures
• United Streaming Videos - Religion

• use KEYWORD search
• use WCI search as example
• use "SEARCH FILTERS" to delimit location
• sort results if necessary

See adjacent WCI examples for sample search strings and areas to browse

CITIES AND COUNTRIES
ETHNIC FOODS
RELIGION

you may search Google now:
eg./    kabuki theater OR theatre
          japanese tea ceremony
          japanese art or japanese samisen
          religion japan => japanese religion OR philosophy
          japanese architecture
          japanese flower arrangement
          japanese origami

eg./    japanese food OR recipes OR cuisine
          modern OR traditional "japanese fashion "
          japan ii OR two OR 2 "world war"
          japanese painting ink OR brush
          japanese pottery OR ceramics OR porcelain
          japanese sports OR "martial arts"

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

• Select preferred package of databases:
  from YRDSB's Trillium Databases (Home access requires password)

  • including Ebscohost's Canadian Points of View

  or directly from
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale - includes all our Gale ebooks (Home access requires password)
   - or -
              from Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership required)

• Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package

• Choose "Advanced Search" tab

• Ensure Fulltext selected

• type keyword(s):

  • combine keywords needed with AND operator

  • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

  • use truncation as required

  • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

  • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

  • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

Infotrac ARTICLES and SEARCH ALERTS may be emailed directly to user

- type topic under desired field (eg. Subject field)
eg./
japan* art  as keywords under subject
japan* world war as keywords under subject
japan* garden* as keywords under subject

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Technology How To's ...

• Google Advanced Image Search

• YouTube

• Download / Convert Streaming Videos (Save streamed videos from YouTube, etc. for  presenting without access to Internet)

• Screen Capture (capturing an image that cannot otherwise be save to file)

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