Tuesday, June 10, 2008

"Hot Sex" Database Test!

Ok, academically speaking, this test has limited application, but you can learn about databases along the way to "hot sex" and that's Information Literacy right there, son!

Ok, which database will have more incidences for the phrase search "hot sex" (note: putting words in quotes is called a phrase search and will look for that specific group of words)

Academic Search Premiere
(a catch-all general article database)

Proquest Newspapers
(hundreds of North American newspapers in full-text)

Library Catalog
(database with all of our books, movies, etc. -millions of records, mind you)

Place your bets! When you're ready, scroll down for the results... (and remember, the University of Utah pays for these journal and database subscriptions so you may not be able to browse the results unless you log in at my.utah.edu)
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Academic Search Premiere 29 results!
The most academically credible in this database (by far) was Hot sex in voodoo lilies. By: Diamond, J.M. in Nature.

Proquest Newspapers 523 results! Yow, we have a winnah!
Being newspapers, the academically credible bit probably won't fit, but some great titles were:
The Day the Laughter Landed in Jail (Toronto Star 3/6/08)
Hooked on Hot Sex with Flatmate's Mum (The Sun 2/12/08)
(my fav) She's a Murder Suspect (Again!) and is still Fond of Office Furniture (S.F. Chronicle 3/31/06)

Library Catalog el zilcho
I can't tell you how disappointed I am about this one, I thought for sure we'd have a ringer here. Keep in mind that library catalogs do not search the full text of an item, just its description! So keep looking for hot sex in the library! (please don't take that quote out of context!)

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