Click on the image below for a larger view of this Choosing Keywords Infographic from McMaster University Library. Need more help? Check out their video "How to Choose Keywords."
Click on the image below for a larger view of this Boolean Cheat Sheet from McMaster University Library. Need more help? Check out their videos "Boolean Searching Part I: Boolean Operators (AND OR NOT)" and "Boolean Searching Part II: Boolean Modifiers " " * ( )."
To access these databases off campus, you'll need the logins and passwords.
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Google Scholar:
Google Scholar allows you to use Google to search for scholarly (i.e. peer-reviewed) articles. (Please note, you may not be able to actually access everything it retrieves.) Here are some tips for using Google Scholar.
