Sometimes finding right among all the results is a challenge. How to make your search more effective and get relevant results more quickly? Below some brief advices, maybe these will help you proceed? It is also good to think about these questions before the tutorial.
Subject terms – which keywords give relevant results?
Search Strategies – which methods can I take advantage of?
Where to search – Finna, LibGuides and different databases > learn more in the Libguide Information searching.
In most databases, you can limit the search to only full-text material. Note however that this applies to the database you are searching in, the full text of the article can usually be found through some other database or ordered as an interlibrary loan. If you directly limit to full text only, you can exclude many relevant and newly published articles from your search result.
If the fulltext, or the link to the full text can’t be found directly:
Vaasa and Jakobstad: all resources can be found in Tritonia Novia-Finna.
Turku: all resources can be found in Alma-Novia.
Raseborg: the printed collections can be found in Helle and the electronic resources in Alma-Novia.
In Novias LibGuides you’ll find information resources within your field and you’ll get tips on how to search for information.