Upward Bound- History: How to Search

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Introduction to Online Databases  (2:00)  

Search Strategies for  Finding Articles  (3:50)  

Finding Full-Text Articles  (2:46)  

The Different Types of Articles (Magazines, Journals and Newspapers)  (4:40)  

Scholarly Articles  (3:09)

• Remember to seperate your keywords (ideas)
• Notice that the word AND is already there for you
• At least to start with, don't change anything in the drop-down menus

• Look at the number of results your search brings you
• It is very difficult to get a decently small number of results using JSTOR; be as specific as you can
• try adding another keyword to your search
• If there are no results or too few results, you're being too specific
• take some keywords out of your search
• Remember to consider whether the publication date is important

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