Search Preparation:
Focus your topic. Not too broad, not too specific.
Does video gaming damage our cognitive abilities?
Divide the topic into concepts:
- video gaming
- cognitive abilities
- damage
OneSearch (To log into our databases off-campus you'll need to use your email or Canvas login.)
Search most of Skyline Library's article databases and book catalog to find a wide range of articles from academic journals, popular magazines, newspapers and reference sources, e-books & other documents, 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 each search box, type the search word(s) for a separate concept.
- Type OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
- Use quotation marks (“ ”) around search phrases - multiple words that should be searched together-, e.g. “racial discrimination”
"video gaming"
intelligence or "cognitive abilities"
hurt or help or damage or decrease
Click the “Search” button to begin a search
- When the results page is displayed, click on an article title to see detailed information and a summary of the article.
- To limit results to a specific type of source (e.g. magazine articles, journal articles or books), click on the desired type under "Source Types" on the left column
- To see the full-text of an article, click on PDF Full Text or HTML Full Text at the left of the detailed information page
To e-mail or print an article, click on the e-mail or print buttons on the right task bar. A source citation will also be sent when you email a document. You can select the citation format (MLA, APA, Chicago) from the menu in the email box.
- Additional search boxes for other search engines are available on the “Extend Your Search” column on the right side of the results page
- If no full-text article is displayed for an article, request the article by completing the Article Delivery Service (ADS) form. Requests through the ADS form will usually be sent to you within 24 hours (often within a much shorter time.)