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ASSIGNMENT (IMC406) - ONLINE DATABASE

IMC 406 - LIBRARY SKILLS

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FACULTY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UiTM)
KAMPUS PUNCAK PERDANA
SHAH ALAM

BACHELOR OF INFORMATION SCIENCE (HONORS)
INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

IMC406 (LIBRARY SKILLS)

ASSIGNMENT :
DESCRIPTION OF DATABASE

PREPARED BY :
EMYSHA NADIRA BINTI NOR AZALAN (2019897588)

FATIN HAZIRAH BINTI SAINI (2019829854)

PREPARED FOR :
MR. MOHD ZAIHAN BIN HUSSIN

SUBMITION DATE :
08 DECEMBER 2019



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TABLE OF CONTENT

ABSTRACT.............................................................................................................................. 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................................5
OBJECTIVE ............................................................................................................................. 6
SEARCHING METHOD .........................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION BOOLEAN SEARCHING.......................................................................8

i. AND Logic..................................................................................................................8
ii. OR Logic.....................................................................................................................9
iii. NOT Logic..................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTION WILDCARD SEARCHING...................................................................10
i. Asterisk (*)...............................................................................................................10
ii. Question mark (?) ...................................................................................................10
iii. Exclamation mark (!) ..............................................................................................10
iv. Percent (%)..............................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTION TRUNCATION SEARCHING ..............................................................11
INTRODUCTION ONLINE DATABASE ...........................................................................12
INTRODUCTION EBSCO : ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE .................................13
i. Basic Search............................................................................................................14
ii. Basic Search using Wildcard ................................................................................16
iii. Basic Search using Truncation.............................................................................18
iv. Advance Search using Boolean ...........................................................................20
INTRODUCTION PROQUEST ONLINE DATABASE....................................................24
i. Basic Search............................................................................................................25
ii. Basic Search using Wildcard ................................................................................26
iii. Basic Search using Truncation.............................................................................27
iv. Advanced Search using Boolean.........................................................................28
BEST ONLINE DATABASE FIND FULL TEXT ARTICLE............................................31
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................... 33
REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................34

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ABSTRACT

This assignment describes the ways of finding information about a topic or article by
using an online database of library platform . This assignment also show features of
using Boolean search, truncation/wildcard search string, limitation and etc. There are
many online databases which can be used in the portal Perpustakaan Tunku Abdul
Rahman (PTAR).
Perpustakaan Tunku Abdul Razak (PTAR) have been subscribing online databases
to facilitate students and academician to explore carious reference material which may
enhance knowledge and research study result. Each online databases habe its own
characteristics. We use two types of online database which in our opinion was very
easy to use.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In performing this assignment, we had to take guideline from respected person who
deserve our greatest gratitude. The completion of this assignment gives us much
pleasure. We would like to show gratitude to Mr. Mohd Zaihan Bin Hussin, Lecturer of
Library Skills at University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) for giving us a good guideline for
this assignment throughout numerous consultations. We also like to expend our
deepest gratitude to all those for their help directly and indirectly to complete our
assignment. Many people especially my classmates have made valuable comment
suggestions on this proposal which gave me an inspiration to improve this assignment
and help directly or indirectly to the completion of this assignment.

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OBJECTIVE

Objective of this assignment is prepared to enhance and to understand of level the
Online Database. It’s about learn the correct step in the quest notice something in the
database. In this assignment, it should be stated how to find the article and as a proof
of the articles needs to be attached together. For this assignment, we have choose
two different online database which is EBSCO : Academic Search Complete and
ProQuest. At the end of this assignment we would like to choose EBSCO : Academic
Search Complete to search an information.

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SEARCHING METHOD

To completed this assignment we have been requested by our Lecturer to use the
searching method to search article in Online Database. Finding the right article and
other materials is not happenstance. Therefore, some of the databases work
differently than others. The following searching techniques will work in most
databases. To use any database effectively, we used three searching method to find
the article as below :
i. Boolean Searching
ii. Wildcard Searching
iii. Truncation Searching

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INTRODUCTION BOOLEAN SEARCHING

Boolean search is a type of search allowing users to combine keywords with operators
(or modifiers) such as AND, NOT and OR to limit, broaden, or define your search. A
good researcher should know how to do a Boolean Search.

i. AND Logic
Using AND narrows a search by combining terms. The more words you enter
connected
by AND the fewer documents you get. All your words will be searched on.

Example:
i. Restaurant AND Cafe
ii. Book AND Magazine AND Newspaper

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ii. OR Logic

Using OR broadens a search to include results that contain either of the words you're
looking for. The OR operator is generally used to join similar, equivalent, or
synonymous
concepts.

Example:
i. Restaurant OR Cafe
ii. Software OR Hardware
iii. NOT Logic

Using NOT is exclude words from your search. Narrow your search, telling the
database to ignore concepts that may be implied by your search terms.

Example:
i. Restaurant NOT Cafe
ii. Software NOT Hardware

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INTRODUCTION WILDCARD SEARCHING

Wildcard is a symbol used to replace or represent one or more characters. Wildcards
are typically either an asterisk (*), which represents one or more characters and
question mark (?), which represents a single character. In the examples below of
how a wildcard may be used, realize that wildcards are relatively universal.

i. Asterisk (*)
The asterisk (*) in a wildcard matches any string of caracters.
Example : ball* matches anything beginning with ball which means ball, ballet
and balloon are all matched.

ii. Question mark (?)
A question mark (?) may be used to represent a single character, anywhere in the
word. It is most useful when there are variable spellings for a word, and want to
search for all variants at once.
Example : b?ll would return both ball, bell, and bill

iii. Exclamation mark (!)
Exclamation mark (!) to replace an infinite number of letters following a word root
and it must be at the end of the word root.
Example : recycl! finds recycle, recycling, and recyclable

iv. Percent (%)
The percent symbol is used in SQL to match any character (including
an underscore) zero or more times.
Example : bl% finds bl, black, blue, and blob

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INTRODUCTION TRUNCATION SEARCHING

To use truncation, enter the root of a word and put the truncation symbol at the
end.The database will return results that include any ending of that root word.
Typically, a symbol such as the asterisk is used to represent the rest of the term. End
truncation is where several letters at the beginning of a word are specified but the
ending can vary. With internal truncation, a symbol can represent one or more
characters within a word.
Example :-

i. End Truncation Examples: win* finds winner, winter
ii. Internal Truncation Examples: cal*r finds calculator, calendar

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INTRODUCTION ONLINE DATABASE

An online database is a database accessible from a local network or the Internet, as
opposed to one that is stored locally on an individual computer or its attached storage
(such as a CD). Online databases are hosted on websites, made available as software
as a service products accessible via a web browser. They may be free or require
payment, such as by a monthly subscription. Some have enhanced features such as
collaborative editing and email notification.
A database search will generally yield an abstract, a short summary of an article, which
will help us to make decision whether we should get the full or the complete text or
not. So, we use PTAR Library in web https://library.uitm.edu.my/ to choose two online
database which is

1. EBSCO : Academic Search Complete
2. ProQuest
As we can see below is front page for PERPUSTAKAAN TUN ABDUL RAZAK UiTM
Library (PTAR Library).

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INTRODUCTION EBSCO : ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE

EBSCOhost provides a number of subscription databases which provide access to
newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals and trade publications. Its databases
cover multiple subjects and academic disciplines. Interdisciplinary in scope, the
database includes abstracting and indexing for nearly 13,000 publications, over 7,800
of them peer reviewed and 8,750+ full text, covering all academic subjects.
In EBSCO: Academic Search Complete, to search the information we use Search
Basic using Wildcard and Truncation Method. In Advanced Search we using Boolean
Method.

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i. Basic Search

Step to get the information through Basic Search. Below attach is front page for
Basic Search when we using EBSCO: Academic Search Complete. In search
column you can directly type the article/topics you want to search.

In search column, type the
article you want to search

Figure 1 : Shows the front page for Basic EBSCO: Academic Search Complete
Below attach is describe we choose Education to search the information.

Figure 2 : Shows how to search the information

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Below attach is result after searching the article by Basic Search and the search result
showing is around 3,650,138 article is related to article we search which is Education.
The article we search
Result from the
article we search
Figure 3 : Shows the result of article using Basic Search

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ii. Basic Search using Wildcard

Step to get the information through Basic Search using Wildcard Method. Below attach
is front page Basic Search for EBSCO: Academic Search Complete and using the
Wildcard Method, Asterisk (*) symbol.

Figure 4 : Shows the front page for Basic Search using Wildcard
Below attach is describe we search “comp*” to search related information for that
word.

In search column, we
type word “comp*”

Figure 5 : Shows the step to search related information using Wildcard Method
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Below attach is result we get after search word “comp*” when using Wildcard Method
and the search result showing 19,032,835 article which is related information to word
“comp*”.
The word “comp*”
we search
The information
related to word
“comp*”
The result from word
“comp*” we search
Figure 6 : Shows the result of article using Wildcard method

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iii. Basic Search using Truncation

Step to get the information through Basic Search using Truncation Method. Below
attach is front page Basic Search for EBSCO: Academic Search Complete and using
the Internal Truncation Method.

Figure 7 : Shows the front page for Basic Search using Truncation
Below attach is describe we type word “cal*r” to get the related information for that
word.

In search column, we
type word “cal*r”

Figure 8 : Shows the step using Truncation Method through Basic Search
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Below attach is result we get after search word “cal*r” when using Internal Truncation
Method and the search result showing 548,818 article which is related information to
word “cal*r”.
The word “cal*r” we
search
The information
related to word
“cal*r”
The result from word
“cal*r” we search
Figure 9 : Shows the result of article using Internal Truncation method

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iv. Advance Search using Boolean

Below attach is the advance search steps we use to find the article. In advance search,
method of Boolean is already in front page. Boolean search can be define as a search
using the electronic search where the Boolean operator AND, OR, and NOT is
introduced in the search statement combining the keywords.

Figure 10 : Shows the front page for Advance Search using Boolean
Below attach is the way we searching the information using the Boolean Method in
Advance Search we search “education” AND “training”.

The article we search

Boolean search
method

Figure 11 : Shows the step using Boolean Method through Advance Search
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Below attach is the result after searching the article using the Boolean Search in
Advance Search, we search “Education” AND “Training”. The search result showing
is 990,579 article.
The article we search

The result after using
Boolean search method

“AND”

Figure 12 : Shows the result using Boolean operator AND in Advance Search
Below attach is the result after searching the article using the Boolean Method in
Advance Search, we search “Education” OR “Training”.

The article we search

Boolean search
method

Figure 13 : Shows the step using Boolean operator OR in Advance Search

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Below attach is the result after searching the article using the Boolean Search in
Advance Search, we search “Education” OR “Training”. The search result showing is
4,567,474 article.
The article we search

The result after using
Boolean search method

“OR”

Figure 14 : Shows the result using Boolean operator OR in Advance Search
Below attach is the result after searching the article using the Boolean Method in
Advance Search, we search “Education” NOT “Training”.

The article we search

Boolean search
method

Figure 15 : Shows the step using Boolean operator NOT in Advance Search

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Below attach is the result after searching the article using the Boolean Search in
Advance Search, we search “Education” NOT “Training”. The search result showing
is 2,659,559 article.
The article we search
The result after using
Boolean search method
“NOT”

Figure 16 : Shows the result using Boolean operator NOT in Advance Search

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INTRODUCTION PROQUEST ONLINE DATABASE

In ProQuest, we are using the Basic Search by using Method Wildcard and Truncation
in for information. Besides, we use Boolean Methods for Advanced Search.
ProQuest is committed to empowering researchers and librarians around the world.
Innovative information content and technologies increase productivity students,
scholars, professionals and libraries that serve them. Through in partnership with
content owners, ProQuest retains rich, wide and varied content information - whether
historical archives or scientific success today – and packages with digital technologies
that enhance discovery, sharing, and management. For academic, corporate,
government, school and public libraries, as well as professional researchers, ProQuest
provides strategic enabling services acquisition, management and discovery of
information collections.

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i. Basic Search

This is the front page for the basic search when using ProQuest. You can directly type
the topics that you want in the search column.

In search column, type the
article you want to search

Figure 1 : Shows the front page for Basic Search Proquest
The figure below is the result after searching the article by using a basic search. The
result showing is around 1,653 articles is related to the topic that we search which is
Information Technology.

The article we search

Result from the
article we search

Figure 2 : Shows the result of article using Basic Search
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ii. Basic Search using Wildcard

The figure below is the front page of Basic Search for ProQuest and using the Wildcard
Method, Asterisk (*) symbol we type word “info*” in getting the related information.

In search column, we
type word “info*”

Figure 3 : Shows the front page for Basic Search using Wildcard
The figure below is result after searching the word “info*” using Wildcard Method and
the search result showing is around 16,085,584 articles which is related information to
word “info*”.

The word “info*” we search

The information
related to word

“info*”
The result from word

“info*” we search
Figure 4 : Shows the result of article using Wildcard method

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iii. Basic Search using Truncation

The figure below is the front page Basic Search for ProQuest and using the Internal
Truncation Method, Asterisk (*) symbol we type word “in*fo” in getting the related
information.

In search column, we
type word “in*fo”

Figure 5 : Shows the front page for Basic Search using Truncation

The figure below is result after searching the word “in*fo” using Internal Truncation
Method and the search result showing is around 7,293,764 articles is related
information to word “in*fo”.

The word “in*fo” we search

The information

related to word
“in*fo”

The result from word
“in*fo” we search

Figure 6 : Shows the result of article using Internal Truncation method
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iv. Advanced Search using Boolean

In advance search, method of Boolean is already in front page. Boolean search can
be define as a search using the electronic search where the Boolean operator AND,
OR and NOT is introduced in the search statement combining the keywords.

Figure 7 : Shows the front page for Advance Search using Boolean
The figure below is the way we searching the information using the Boolean Method
in Advance Search we search “information technology” AND “jobs” OR “courses”.

The article we search

Boolean search
method

Figure 8 : Shows the step using Boolean Method through Advance Search
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The figure below is the result after searching the article using the Boolean Search in
Advance Search, we search “information technology” AND “jobs”. The search result
showing is 2,260,169 articles.

The article we search

The result after using
Boolean search method

“AND”

Figure 9 : Shows the result using Boolean operator AND in Advance Search
The figure below is the result after searching the article using the Boolean Search in
Advance Search, we search “information technology” OR “courses”. The search result
showing is 19,892,036 articles.

The article we search

The result after using
Boolean search method

“OR”

Figure 10 : Shows the result using Boolean operator OR in Advance Search

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The figure below is the result after searching the article using the Boolean Search in
Advance Search, we search “information technology” AND “jobs” OR “courses”. The
search result showing is 10,382,447 articles.

The article we search

The result after using
Boolean search method

“AND”, “OR”

Figure 11 : Shows the result using Boolean operator AND, OR in Advance Search
The figure below is the result after searching the article using the Boolean Search in
Advance Search, we search “information technology” NOT “courses”. The search
result showing is 10,965,375 articles.

The article we search

The result after using
Boolean search method

“NOT”

Figure 12 : Shows the result using Boolean operator NOT in Advance Search

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BEST ONLINE DATABASE FIND FULL TEXT ARTICLE

From the two Online Database we propose in this assignment, we like to choose
EBSCO : Academic Search Complete because is easy to search compare with
Proquest Database. We used Basic Search to search article we want.

In search column, type the
article you want to search

Figure 1 : Shows the best online database that we have choose
We would like to search Computer Technology as Article to get the information and
we choose the first result listed as below attached.

The article we search

We choose this
article

Figure 2 : Shows the result of the article we choose

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Below attach is an article we search using Online Database EBSCO: Academic
Search Complete through Basic Search.

Figure 3 : Shows the article that we search using Online Database EBSCO:
Academic Search Complete through Basic Search.

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CONCLUSION

Finally, we had finish up the assignment that given to us greatly. From the assignment
we can conclude that Online Database EBSCO : Academic Search Complete is more
friendly use and easy to get the information and knowledge than Online Database
ProQuest. These database are very useful for all the people nowadays especially for
student, teachers, lecturers and other else. Besides, we have gain the database
knowledge for our daily life.
In addition, Online Database EBSCO : Academic Search Complete have more
benefits than Online Database ProQuest. The benefits are we can search the
information for many modules such as business, history, art and humanities, who’s
who, and so on at Source Types. So the people can find the article in many ways of
searching by title, author, dates, keyword and subject. Lastly, we recommended for all
the society to use Online Database EBSCO: Academic Search Complete for your
needs.

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REFERENCES

• EBSCO : Academic Search Complete, Retrieved October 26, 2019, from
http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/ehost/search/basic?vid
=3&sid=9a8c5dc7-00bb-4480-85c7-e560108773c5%40sessionmgr4007

• Proquest, Retrieved October 26, 2019, from https://search-proquest-

com.ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/

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