Instructions
MegaSearch has an optional AI built into it. It will enrich your searches. It is only based upon the information contained in MegaSearch.
1. Open MegaSearch
2. Click Advanced Search (right side of the search box).
3. Enter your main topic in the top box. Search.
- If your topic has multiple words, put them in quotations:
- "critical thinking"
4. Click Advanced Search again.
- Enter a focus topic in the next box.
- Example: AI
- Search.
5. Now you are ready to review the results!
- Read the title.
- Click
and read the Abstract - Click to see the full text
6. Explore the article. And search the full text for the good parts.
- Press Ctrl+F For Mac users, Command+F
- A little search box appears.
- Enter a word or phrase.
- It automatically finds this on your page.
- Explore!
7. Email yourself a link to the full text and an MLA citation.
- Return to MegaSearch.
- (Upper right) click the envelope icon:
- Enter your email
- Choose a Citation Format: Click, scroll down, and select MLA.
- Leave yourself a note. Why did this article catch your eye? This will help you later!
- [Battle the Captcha Robot] and Send.
- What does the email give you?
- An MLA citation to copy and paste
- The note you left yourself
- A LINK to the full text article.
How to filter your results
To get academic articles, select Scholarly & Peer Reviewed (top left)
For other types, scroll down (left side) to Resource type.
Select one (or more) of these:
- Magazine article
- Topic overview
- Newspaper article
These filters will continue until you undo them. Click Clear All (top left)