Social Work in the Media (Globe and Mail, and Winnipeg Free Press)

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Globe and Mail Stories about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Canada

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Installing and Using a Proxy bookmarklet.

What is a proxy bookmarklet, and how do I install one?

A proxy bookmarklet allows you to access a web site from outside the libraries' web pages, that normally may require authentication. For example if you've been sent an e-mail, about a new source, perhaps from a friend or colleague, you can use the proxy bookmarklet to add the U of Manitoba's proxy information to the URL. You would then be prompted to insert your student number and PIN and have direct access to that resource.

Select here to view a short video on how to install a proxy bookmarklet.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Search Tip: Proximity Searching

Proximity Searching

Did you know most databases allow you to search two terms close to each other.  This is called ‘Proximity Searching’?

For example, the search ‘poverty’ AND Canada, can find the term poverty in the first paragraph, and the term Canada, as far down as the last paragraph, and it might be completely unrelated.  But if you search poverty within 15 words of Canada, you are much more likely to find an item that is related to your search.

EBSCOHOST databases use the command Wn, where n represents the number of words between the two terms. So the search poverty w5 canada, will search for the word poverty within 5 words of the term Canada.

Look for help using Proximity Searching in any of the databases you use, or contact your reference librarian for assistance.
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