ENGL 105 - Feiner: Searching Information

Skyline College Career Center

Hours:

Building 1, Room 1-311

Website: https://skylinecollege.edu/careercenter/

Email: skycareers@smccd.edu

Phone: 650-738-4337

Meta Majors

Website: https://skylinecollege.edu/metamajors/

Meta Majors are an easy way to search for and find the major that’s right for you! 

You'll need to create an account using your campus email address. 

Learning Express Library's Learning Centers offer the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you. 

• Information about transferring: The official transfer and articulation system for California’s public colleges and universities
• Scholarships: Information on scholarships, financial aid, and more.

• Vital Signs Cost of Living in the SF Bay Area
• DataUSA
• American FactFinder

OneSearch (***To log into our databases off-campus you'll need to use your email or Canvas login.)

Search most of Skyline Library's article databases and book catalog to find a wide range of articles from academic journals, popular magazines, newspapers and reference sources, e-books & other documents, plus print books available in the library.

Click on the link above to open a new database window

• To search for more than one "concept", click on Advanced Search below the Search box.
• In each search box, type the search word(s) or phrase(s) for a separate concept.
• Use quote marks (“ ”) around search phrases (multiple words that should be searched together), e.g. “career choice”
• Use an asterisk * to  search words with alternate endings, such as empower* (achieve, achieving, achievement)  

Example:

 "personality traits"

 career

• Click the “Search” button to begin a search
• Based on your results, add additional synonymous words or phrases for each concept, if appropriate, with ORs in between each word or phrase

Example:

personality OR character

 career OR profession

On the results page, click on an article title to see detailed information and a summary of the article.

• To see the full-text of an article, click on PDF Full Text or HTML Full Text at the left of the detailed information page
• To print or e-mail an article, click on the print or e-mail buttons on the right task bar. A source citation will also be sent when you email a document. You can select the citation format (MLA, APA, Chicago) from the menu in the email box.

Google search 

To search for multiple concepts: 
- use ORs between words for the same concept, 
- use quotes (" ") around phrases.
-  Google does not use the *

To limit to a specific format: use filetype:pdf (or doc)

Example: passion creativity career filetype:pdf

To limit to searches with keywords in title of the search, use allintitle:

Example: allintitle: "climate change" careers

To limit to a specific domain, use site: in front of the domain name (no spaces)

site:.edu   will limit a search to just .edu sites 
site:.edu OR site:.gov   will limit a search to either .edu or .gov sites
-site:.com  will exclude .com sites

Example: "climate change" careers site:.edu OR site:.gov

To limit to a specific website, use site: in front of the website address (no spaces)

The Atlantic                         (theatlantic.com)

The New Yorker                  (newyorker.com)

NPR                                    (npr.org)

New York Times                  (nytimes.com) 

Washington Post                 (washingtonpost.com)