1. How do I search for my topic?
- Identify the main ideas of your topic and use those as your search words
- Each article has tags assigned to it, words or shorts phrases that make them searchable - you want your search words to match those tags
- Words like factors, effects, issues, relationships, links are usually not used as tags - don't include them as search words
- Example: Your research question is: How is the perception of social risk shaped by the availability heuristic?
- To search for this topic: social risk perception "availability heuristic"
- "availability heuristic" searches for availability heuristic as a phrase, not separate words
2. How do I focus the search hits to those that meet my assignment requirements?
- Use Refine Your Search options to focus your search hits:
- Click on Peer Review
- Click on Journal Article under Content Type
3. I have too many irrelevant search hits. How do I focus them?
- When you find an article that looks interesting, look at its assigned tags (words)
- Add any relevant tags to your search
- This will also help you develop your research topics and search for books and articles for them
4. How do I know my search words match the tags assigned to articles about my research question?
- As you scroll through the search hits, look at the Subjects (tags) assigned to the relevant articles you find, and see if they match your search words
- Subjects (tags) also help you identify the specific populations or issues in your research area
