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APAStyle 6th edition
Find a Journal Article Relevant to Your Career
1.
Open
MegaSearch
and pre-limit your search
Click
Advanced Search
(under the search box)
Scroll down to the list of
Disciplines
Checkmark
Nursing & Allied Health
2.
Enter a word or phrase for your main topic
Examples:
Radiology careers
Radiolog*
(The asterisk * finds all words that begin this way)
"Obstetric nursing"
(Enclose a multi-word term in quotations)
"Obstetric nurs*"
3.
Add a focus topic in a new box.
Add a word or a phrase.
If you have two ways to name your concept, put them both in, joined by the word "
or
".
4.
Scroll down the page and limit the date so the article isn't too old.
5.
Go up to the top of the page and
click Search
.
6.
Review articles for relevance and length.
Consider the
title
.
Check the
date.
Check the
number of pages
.
Read the short description.
7.
Open the full record of the article
Open the record by clicking the
title
.
Briefly note the
authors,
the
journal
(or source)
, and the
subject terms
Read the full
abstract
! This is a summary of the article.
Open and read the full text (the full text will either be further down the page or in a PDF to the left of the title)
8.
Email the article to yourself with an APA citation.
Click the
Email
icon (on the right of the article page)
Important: Type a descriptive
Subject
line for your future self!
Example: Obstetric Nurse Careers
Make sure to select
APA
citation format.
You'll receive the citation, a permalink to the record, and all full text versions of the article.
MegaSearch
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How to Use PCC's MegaSearch Database to find career articles
Other Career Databases You Can Try
You can apply the techniques described above in other databases too!
Career and Technical Education
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A definitive source for vocational information.
ProQuest Research Library
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