Define your research topic or question, for example:
What is the impact of sustainability on cultural survival?
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Search most of Skyline Library's article databases and book catalog to find a wide range of articles (and other documents) from academic journals, popular magazines, reference sources, e-books & other sources plus print books available in the library.
Click on the link above to open a new database window.
To search for more than one "concept", click on Advanced Search below the Search box (in the database window)
- In the first search box, type the search word(s) for the first concept related to your topic. - Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept,
e.g. "cultural survival" OR "indigenous rights" OR "native rights" .
- Use an * to search for multiple words from the same root.
- Use quote marks (“ ”) around search phrases (multiple words that should be searched together), e.g. "cultural survival"
- In the next search box, type the search word(s) for the next concept related to your topic,
e.g. sustainab* OR renewable OR maintainable OR green
- Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
- Use an * to search for multiple words from the same root, e.g. sustainab* will find articles with the words: sustainable OR sustainability.
- Use quote marks (“ ”) around search phrases (multiple words that should be searched together)
- To find research studies: Look for articles in scholarly journals that include the following sections:
- Literature review: unlabelled introductory section that discusses previous research on the same topic
- Method(s) (may include "Procedure", "Participants", "Measures", etc.) - always labeled
- Results - always labeled
- Discussion - always labeled
- To print or e-mail an article, click on the print or e-mail buttons at the right of the article.