Are you looking for information about the context or history of topic, theory, or issue? Try these resources for background and general information.
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Below is an example to demonstrate how the main concepts from a research topic or question become keywords and how synonyms or related terms can broaden your search:
Now that you've created your list of keywords, you will need to combine them using BOOLEAN operators (AND and OR):
The resources on this page are recommended for when you need to find scholarly research literature and other types of articles for literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, and other projects.
When you're looking at search results in a database you're going to see a few different ways to get to the full article, usually either:
OR
Both of these will take you to the article (if we have access).
If you see the Access Options screen below, it means we don't have full-text access to the article. Try Google Scholar first to see if it's available for free. If not, click Request via Interlibrary Loan. We'll get the article for you from another library, usually within a few days.
Google works with libraries to determine which journals and papers they've subscribed to electronically, and then links to articles from those sources when they're available. Once you configure the Library Links settings in Google Scholar, links to the full text of articles will display in your Google Scholar results when they are available through Simmons Library.
Use Google Scholar From On-Campus
To make these links appear, just access Google Scholar from any Simmons computer and the links will automatically be included.
Configure Google Scholar From Off-Campus
Keyword Generator from the University of Texas Libraries