Emilia, W14: Search Strategies

    To my knowledge, Boolean logic is when you use specific words as symbols. In the case of my research, it would be good for narrowing down search results. For example you would use the words "and, or and not" as keywords that can give you more results that are specific to your topic. Ex. Fuel cells "and" environment 

It was actually a really useful method for my research. I was able to find many valuable resources and without it I may not have found sources with the same quality. Will  I use it again? Most likely, especially if I am looking into a topic I am not too sure about.

      A "subject" in this case refers to a topic known professionally, for examle "automotives". It is important to know how to look these up in trade, journals, because these trade journals are used by the professionals of the industry to stay up to date with all the information on whichever subject it may be. So, when conducting research, being knowledgeable on the proper use of these journals can give you some quality information. As of now I have only taken a peek at these journals but I did not use them for my research. My topic, fuel cells, had a lot of information that I was able to find in a lot of other places. That being said, I am not completely going to ignore trade journals, and I will take another look at them if I need more information.   

    In regards to Google Scholar and Library databases, I prefer library data. since all my information is right at my fingertips. I got pretty frustrated with Google scholar at times. I would be searching for something, would find an AMAZING source and then realized I could not even access it. Google scholar isn't all bad though, at times you can get some useful bits of information. In that way, you can use scholar and databases together by starting with Google to get ideas and then with those ideas, you can go to a database to find a more detailed version of the information you need.