Online Database-Imc406 (Kumpulan 9)

IMC406: LIBRARY SKILLS - ONLINE DATABASE (PTAR Portal)
FACULTY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UITM)
KAMPUS PUNCAK PERDANA SHAH ALAM
IMC406: LIBRARY SKILL

ASSIGNMENT: ONLINE DATABASE
CLASS: IM1D
PREPARED BY:
1. NADZIRAH BINTI BAHTIAR 2020852912
2. NOR AMIRA BINTI MOHD SAID 2020866628
3. NURIN AZRA SYAZREENA BINTI MOHAMAD 2020470496
4. MUHAMAD FIDDAUDIN BIN ARSAT 2020819414
PREPARED FOR: MDM. KASMARINI BINTI BAHARUDDIN
SUBMITTION DATE: 30 NOVEMBER 2020

CONTENT
ABSTRACTS ................................................................................................................................3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...............................................................................................................3
OBJECTIVE ..................................................................................................................................3
SEARCHING METHOD ................................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTION BOOLEAN SEARCHING .................................................................................5
i. “AND” Logic .....................................................................................................................5

ii. “OR” Logic .......................................................................................................................6
iii. “NOT” Logic .....................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION WILDCARD SEARCHING ...............................................................................8
Wildcard Basic ..............................................................................................................................8
i. Asterisk ( * ) in a wildcard ................................................................................................8

ii. Question mark ( ? ) in a wildcard .....................................................................................8
iii. Open and close brackets ( [ ] ) in a wildcard ....................................................................8
INTRODUCTION TRUNCATION SEARCHING ...........................................................................9
INTRODUCTION ONLINE DATABASE .....................................................................................10
INTRODUCTION EMERALD INSIGHT ......................................................................................11
i. Basic Search ..................................................................................................................11

ii. Basic Search using Wildcard .........................................................................................12
iii. Basic Search using Truncation ......................................................................................13
iv. Advanced Search using Boolean ...................................................................................14
INTRODUCTION PROQUEST EDUCATION COLLECTION AND ERIC PLUS ........................17
i.Basic Search ...................................................................................................................17

ii.Basic Search using Wildcard ..........................................................................................17
iii.Basic Search using Truncation .......................................................................................19
iv.Advanced Search using Boolean ....................................................................................21
BEST ONLINE DATABASE TO FIND FULL TEXT ARTICLE ...................................................24
CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................26
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ABSTRACTS
In its present form, this statement is the step of searching in the online library database.
There are many online databases that are accessible via the PTAR portal. However, we
have only selected two databases and we will show every step of searching the
database. Emerald Insight and ProQuest: Education Collection and ERIC Plus are
the online databases we picked as the subject to this assignment and we have
explained more about both databases in this assignment.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In performing this assignment, my group and I 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 Madam KasmarinI binti Baharuddin, IMC
406 – Library Skills course Lecturer, University Technology Mara (UiTM) for giving us a
good guideline for this assignment throughout numerous consultations. We would also
like to expand my gratitude to all those who have directly and indirectly guide we in writing
this assignment.
OBJECTIVE
Objective of this assignment is prepared to enhance and to understand of level the Online
Database. It is about learn the correct step in the quest notice something in the database.
In this assignment, it is important to highlight how to search the article and how to put the
articles together as proof. For this assignment, we have chosen two different online
database which is Emerald Sight and ProQuest: Education Collection and ERIC Plus. At
the end of this assignment we would like to choose ProQuest: Education Collection and
ERIC Plus to search an information.
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SEARCHING METHOD
To start the research, we need to find out the searching method first. This searching
method will be used in both of online databases chosen. For any online database, there
are two components: the data collection and the data access interface. Different
commercial suppliers render available data sets and create an interface or search engine
to access the information. Using the same interface, some vendors supply several
different data sets, while some interfaces are exclusive to a specific data set. Some
functionalities listed below are shared by the Advanced Search Space of these various
interfaces.
i) Boolean searching
ii) Wildcard searching
iii) Truncation searching
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INTRODUCTION OF BOOLEAN SEARCHING
Boolean searching is based on a system of symbolic logic generated by George Boole,

an English mathematician from the 19th century. Using the words AND, OR, NOT (known
as Boolean operators) to restrict, expand, or describe the search, Boolean searches allow
someone to combine words and phrases. How to do a Boolean Search should be
understood by a good researcher.
Example of Boolean Search Terms:
1. “AND” Logic
Boolean “AND” tells a search engine that you want to find information about two or more
words of the search. Cats and dogs, for starters. This will narrow down the search results
because only results that contain all search words will be returned from the search engine.
In general, the “AND” operator is used to combine various kinds of definitions, different
elements of the problem.
AND
Poverty and crime

Using AND narrows a search by combining terms.
By using AND someone can find reading material
that include information about both poverty and crime.
Example: “Poverty” AND “Crime”
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2. “OR” Logic
The search engine is told by the Boolean Operator “OR” that you want to find details
about any search term you entered. College or University, for instance. This will extend
the search results because any results that have either search word in them will be
brought back by the search engine. The “OR” operator is usually used to equate identical,
equal, or synonymous concepts.
OR
College OR University
By using or someone can find resources that include information
about college, university, and resources that discuss both
Example: College “OR” University
3. “NOT” Logic
The search engine does NOT tell the Boolean operator that you want to find information
about the first search term, but nothing about the second search term. Cats are not dogs,
for instance. This limits the results of your analysis since the search engine only returns
resources for the first search term (cats) but removes any resources that include the
second search term (dogs).
NOT
Cats “NOT” Dogs
Using “NOT”, someone can find resources that only discuss
Cats
Example: Cats “NOT” Dogs
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INTRODUCTION OF WILDCARD SEARCHING
Wildcards in a search word take the role of one or more characters. A question mark (?)
is used when searching for single characters. For multiple character quest, an asterisk (*)
is used. To look for alternative spellings and variations on a root word, wildcards are used.
Wildcard characters cannot be used in place of a word's first letter or in an exact quest
for words and word roots must include at least three letters preceding a wildcard.
Wildcard Basics
1. Percent (%) in a wildcard

The percent symbol is used in SQL to match zero or more times with any character
(including an underscore).
2. Asterisk (*) in a wildcard
The asterisk in a wildcard matches any character zero or more times. For example,
"comp*" matches anything beginning with "comp" which means "comp," "complete," and
"computer" are all matched.
3. Question mark (?) in a wildcard
A question mark is balanced once by a single character. For instance, "c?mp" matches
"camp" and "comp." It is also possible to use the question mark more than once. For
instance, "c??p" will match both the examples above and "coop." The question mark can
also match any trailing question mark zero or one time in MS-DOS and the Windows
command line. For instance, "co??" would match all the matches above but since they
are trailing question marks, "cop" would match "even though it's not four characters."
4. Open and close brackets ([]) in a wildcard
The open and close bracket wildcards fit a single character in a set, with Unix shells,
Windows PowerShell, and programming languages that support regular expressions. For
example, [a-z] matches any character "a through "z," meaning that anything not in that
range will not be matched, such as a number.
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INTRODUCTION OF TRUNCATION SEARCHING
Truncation is also known as looking for wildcards. It allows a word and alternative
spellings of that term to be searched for.
To truncate a search term, do a keyword search in a database, but remove the ending
of the word and add an asterisk (*) to the end of the word. The database will retrieve
results that include every word that begins with the letters you entered.
For example, if you type in the keyword, interact* the database will search for interact,
interacting, interaction, and interactivity.
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INTRODUCTION OF ONLINE DATABASE
An online database is a database accessible from a local network or the internet.

Websites host online databases, which are made available as software as a service
product accessible through a web browser. They could be free or require payment such
as via a monthly subscription. Some also improved functionality, such as collaborative
editing and notification of emails.
This is also an electronic resource that contains information such as article reviews,
academic articles, journals, conference papers, proceedings, case files, and others
online. Depending on the type of library subscription, this material is accessible in the
form of either full text or abstracts.
The front page of the PERPUSTAKAAN TUN ABDUL RAZAK UITM Library is also known
as the PTAR Library, as we can see below. We can access the website via this link
https://library.uitm.edu.my/en/
Click on this link Can also click the "Our

"Read more" that has Collections"
an "Online Database"
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Click on this link

"Online Database"
"Online Database"
will show here
In general, a database search will yield an introduction, a short summary of an article,

which will help us make decisions on whether we should get the full or the complete or
not. We use the PTAR Library on the www.uitm.edu.my website to pick two online
databases which is:-
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1.Emerald Insight
Scroll until see the

"Emerald Insight" and
click this link of "Emerald
Insight"
2.ProQuest: Education Collection and ERIC Plus
Scroll until see the

"ProQuest Education
Collection and ERIC Plus"
and click this link of
"ProQuest Education
Collection and ERIC Plus"
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INTRODUCTION OF EMERALD INSIGHT
A distributed, object-oriented database system that integrates seamlessly with the

Emerald system is the Emerald database. It has an associative query language that can
exploit indexes on function paths (index-in method) (encapsulating objects) and prevents
impedance mismatching with the language of the application.
Significant effort has been put into producing a seamless integration of the database
system into the exiting Emerald language: database operations are legal wherever
Emerald statements are legal, You can use all Emerald objects in queries, set-
expressions in queries are first-class objects, and the heavy typing of the Emerald type
framework also includes the query language (i.e.. application programs and their queries
are type-checked at compile-time), the scoping rules of Emerald are extended to also
cover the query language. You may have queries (and other database operations) inside
object literals in query expressions. There are two ways to use the Emerald Online
Database: Simple Search is first and Advance Search is second.
a) Basic Search
Step to get the information through Basic Search. Below attach is front page for Basic
Search when we are using Emerald Insight. In search column you can directly type the
article/topics you want to search.
In the search box, simply type the

articles you want to search.
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Below attach is result after searching the article by Basic Search and the search result
showing is around “144000” articles are related to article we search which is “sciences
technology”
Article and
Search result.
Total
articles.
Articles issued by
year.
Content type.
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Advanced search
We can be specific to search the articles according to the year we want to use advanced
search. Its same Basic Search.
Advance
Search.
Search box.
Can write years at

date Range (2012-
2020)
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Below Attach is we search the sciences technology as articles to get the information
according from (2012-2020). The search result showing is around “81000” articles.
Articles and search result
Result and
content type show
2012-2020
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ii) Basic search using wildcard
Action towards obtaining the data through Basic search using Wildcard method. Firstly,
we need to attach the front page of Basic Search in Emerald Insight. Using the Wildcard
method that is Asterisk symbol (*) and then type word “Digi*” to get the related information.
Type the word “digi*” to

see suggested information
about the word.
Next, attach the result after searching the word “digi*” using Wildcard method. The overall
result of word “digi*” will be show around 71,000 articles which is related to the information
that has been searched.
Total result of
word “digi*”
Related
information
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iii) Basic Search using Truncation
Use the Simple Search Truncation Method to get details. Basic Search for emerald insight
is attached below and we type the word "interact*" to get the relevant information using
internet truncation with asterisk (*).
Simply type word

"interact*" in search box
Below is the result after searching the word "interact*" using the internet truncation tool
and the search result shown is 162,000 relevance details to the word "interact*".
Here is the result after

searching the word The word of "interact*" has
"interact*" sorted by relevance details
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iv) Advance search using Boolean
Below attached is the advance search steps that is used to find the article in Emerald
Insight using Boolean searching which can be defined as a search using the electronic
searches where the Boolean operator AND, OR and NOT is introduced in the search
statement combining the keywords. To use this method, go to the Emerald Insight in
PTARPP. At the home page, there is already word ‘advanced search’ below the searching
box and click it.
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Below is the page right after we have clicked the ‘advanced search’. To start searching,
we have to insert the title and choose which Boolean operator we want to used. As the
example, we have inserted the ‘information’ and we choose Boolean operator ‘AND’ to
combined with the word ‘literacy’. We also choosed the date range of the article from
year 2015 to 2020 and let the access type to be all content.
First keyword
Choose by field,
Boolean title, abstract,
operator ‘AND’ contributor and
Second keyword
DOI
Below are the results after using the Boolean operator ‘AND’ in Advanced Search. There
are almost 8000 articles found for ‘information’ AND ‘ literacy’.
Sort by relevance, newest to

oldest and oldest to newest.
Option to
open with.
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Below are the results after using the Boolean operator ‘OR’. The are almost 9300 articles
found for ‘information’ OR ‘literacy’.
Below are the results after using the Boolean operator ‘NOT’. There are almost 84000
articles found for ‘information’ NOT ‘literacy’.
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Besides that, we also can use Boolean operator more than one such as below,
‘information’ AND ‘literacy’ OR ‘technology’.
More than one Boolean

operator used:
‘AND’ & ‘OR’
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INTRODUCTION OF PROQUEST (EDUCATION COLLECTION)
Education Database are combination with the full-text and Education Collection gives
access to ERIC while the main index for educational research. They together provide
abstracts, indexing and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters,
dissertations, working papers, and more. It is including full-text from hundreds of leading
educational journals. ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is the most used
index of literature related to education in the world. Established in 1966, the U.S. supports
ERIC. Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education'. ERIC is the world's
largest education database, with more than 1.8 million journal articles, research studies,
conference papers, dissertations, and books registered. Via the latest ProQuest platform,
several libraries that subscribe to the Education Database now have access to the ERIC
database. This access implies that searchers can scan all databases simultaneously for
additional focus on educational studies. Therefore, to this already impressive database,
the Education Collection adds importance. This collection includes the complete text of
the ProQuest Education Database, including more than 1,000 full text journals and 18,000
dissertations, supporting educational theory and practice research.
i) Basic Search
Step to get information through Basic Search and below attach is front page for Basic
Search.
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Below attach is result after searching the article by Basic Search and the search result
showing is around “375,606” articles are related to article we search which is “sciences
technology”
Article, book, and Search result. Also show type of

source.
Result of publication title,

document type and subject.
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We can choose various companies

Location and person.
Can choose the type of language

and type of database.
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ii) Basic search using Wildcard method
Action towards obtaining the data through Basic search using Wildcard method. Firstly,
we need to attach the front page of Basic Search in ProQuest: Education Collection. Using
the Wildcard method that is asterisk (*) and then type word “cam*” to get the related
information.
After accessing the

ProQuest online database
it will basically shows the
front page which is
include basic search there.
Type the word

“cam*”on the basic
search box.
The related information
will appear after type a
word on the search box.
Next, attach the result after searching the word “cam*” using Wildcard method. The
overall result of word “cam*” will be show around 2,132,474 results of articles which is
related to the information that has been searched. From the total result it will show source
Total result that is

related to the
word “cam*”.
Related E-Book material

Source type
information. will show up in
section.
this column.
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type such as Scholar Journal, Books, Dissertation and Theses, Newspaper, Magazines
and more
iii) Basic Search using Truncation
Use the Basic Search Truncation Method to get information. Below is Basic Search for
ProQuest: Education Collection and ERIC Plus using the internet truncation with asterisk
(*). We type the word "manage*" to get the information.
Simply type word

"manage*" in search
box.
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The result after searching the word "manage*" using the internet truncation method is
attached below and the search result shows that 21,972 are relevance details to the word
"manage*" under subject learning from 2015 to 2020.
Here is the result

after searching the
word "manage*".
The word of
"manage*"
has sorted
by relevance
details.
Scroll and enter the

update of the years
from 2015 to 2020.
Enter the subject of

"learning".
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iv) Advance search using Boolean operator
Below attached is the advance search steps that is used to find the article in ProQuest
using Boolean searching which can be defined as a search using the electronic searches
where the Boolean operator AND, OR and NOT is introduced in the search statement
combining the keywords. To use this method, go to the ProQuest in PTARPP. At the
home page, there is already word ‘advanced search’ below the ‘Educational Collection’
and click it.
Advance Search.
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Below is the page right after we have clicked the ‘advanced search’. To start searching,
we have to insert the title and choose which Boolean operator we want to used. As the
example, we have inserted the ‘information’ and we choose Boolean operator ‘AND’ to
combined with the word ‘literacy’. We also choosed the publication date from 2015 to
2020. In addition, there are source type, document type and language in case user want
to specified their searching.
Second
First keyword.
keyword.
Boolean Publication
operator. date.
Chose the source type,

document type and language.
Below are the results after using the Boolean operator ‘AND’ in Advanced Search. There
are 44,025 articles found for ‘information’ AND ‘literacy’.
Friendly to
user.
Choose to
view in 2
ways.
Choose source
type preferred.
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Below are the results after using the Boolean operator ‘OR’. There are almost 549,946
articles found for ‘information’ OR ‘literacy’.
Below are the results after using the Boolean operator ‘NOT’. There are 25,918,120
articles found for ‘information’ NOT ‘literacy’.
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Besides that, we also can use Boolean operator more than one such as below,
‘information’ NOT ‘literacy’ AND ‘technology’.
More than one

Boolean
operator used:
‘NOT’ & ‘AND’.
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BEST ONLINE DATABASE TO FIND FULL TEXT ARTICLES
Based on the online database that we had been using to find the articles, we decided in
this assignment to choose ProQuest as the best online database. The reason why we
choose it because ProQuest is easier to be used, particularly for students who want, seek
articles that suited for their learning process.
We used advance search to find the full text articles.
Interactive and user-

friendly interface.
Advance search and basic

search are easy see on the
interface so it will reduce time
to find it.
We would like to use advance search to find an articles or related information about
Information Technology. Then we decided to choose the first result listed.
Article that we
going to search.
Articles that we
going to choose.
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Below attach is an article we search using online database ProQuest through Advance
Search.
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CONCLUSION
Finally, we had done our research about online database and successfully finished the
assignment 1. We have chosen ProQuest Education Collection and ERIC Plus and
Emerald Insight as the online database. We can conclude that the online database
ProQuest Education Collection and ERIC Plus is more convenient compared to Emerald
Insight. This is because by using the ProQuest Education Collection and ERIC Plus, the
article can be specified by source type, document type and language. This online
database will be easier for us to get the exact article that we want.
In addition, ProQuest Education Collection and ERIC Plus also have more articles found
compared to Emerald Insight. User can choose which one meets their needs. This proves
that ProQuest Education Collection and ERIC Plus is more convenient, easy, and friendly
to user.
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IMC406: LIBRARY SKILLS - ONLINE DATABASE (PTAR Portal)

FACULTY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

IMC406: LIBRARY SKILL

PREPARED FOR: MDM. KASMARINI BINTI BAHARUDDIN

SUBMITTION DATE: 30 NOVEMBER 2020

SEARCHING METHOD ................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION BOOLEAN SEARCHING .................................................................................5

i. “AND” Logic .....................................................................................................................5

Wildcard Basic ..............................................................................................................................8

i. Asterisk ( * ) in a wildcard ................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION ONLINE DATABASE .....................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION EMERALD INSIGHT ......................................................................................11

i. Basic Search ..................................................................................................................11

i.Basic Search ...................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION OF BOOLEAN SEARCHING

Boolean searching is based on a system of symbolic logic generated by George Boole,

Poverty and crime

INTRODUCTION OF WILDCARD SEARCHING

1. Percent (%) in a wildcard

INTRODUCTION OF TRUNCATION SEARCHING

INTRODUCTION OF ONLINE DATABASE

An online database is a database accessible from a local network or the internet.

Click on this link Can also click the "Our

Click on this link

In general, a database search will yield an introduction, a short summary of an article,

Scroll until see the

2.ProQuest: Education Collection and ERIC Plus

Scroll until see the

INTRODUCTION OF EMERALD INSIGHT

A distributed, object-oriented database system that integrates seamlessly with the

In the search box, simply type the

Can write years at

Articles and search result

ii) Basic search using wildcard

Type the word “digi*” to

iii) Basic Search using Truncation

Simply type word

Here is the result after

iv) Advance search using Boolean

Sort by relevance, newest to

More than one Boolean

INTRODUCTION OF PROQUEST (EDUCATION COLLECTION)

Article, book, and Search result. Also show type of

Result of publication title,

We can choose various companies

Can choose the type of language

ii) Basic search using Wildcard method

After accessing the

Type the word

Total result that is

Related E-Book material

iii) Basic Search using Truncation

Simply type word

Here is the result

Scroll and enter the

Enter the subject of

iv) Advance search using Boolean operator

Chose the source type,

More than one

BEST ONLINE DATABASE TO FIND FULL TEXT ARTICLES

We used advance search to find the full text articles.

Interactive and user-