WRT 101 - Desert Vista - Search Strategies and More: Find Articles

1. Open Research Library

• Click Advanced Search

2. In the first box, enter this: "Barbara Ehrenreich"

   (For best searching, enclose terms in quotation marks)

• At right, click Select a field
• Select ANYWHERE
• Click Search. Note the large number of results.

3. In box below enter "Social Conditions" changing the Field to All Subjects & Indexing--SU

     Click Search. Note the smaller number of results this time.

4. Limit your results by selections below the search boxes

• By "Peer Reviewed", Date, Source Type, Document Type, Language

5. Review the results.

• Click the Title for the full record
• Highlighting scans your search terms
• Turn on Search Term Navigation

6.    Obtaining your citation--Click "Cite" icon and choose MLA Format

7. Email an article to yourself/Save Your Search

JSTOR

JSTOR provides access to more than 10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

1. Open Academic Search Premier

• Click Advanced Search

2. In the first box, enter this: "United States"

(For best searching, enclose terms in quotation marks)

• At right, click Select a field
• Select SU Subject terms
• Click Search. Note the large number of results.

3. In second box, enter "poverty"; then add "Barbara Ehrenreich" in third box

• Click Search. Note that each time you add a term in a field, the results get smaller.

4. Limit your results by Search Options

5. Review the results and get your citation

• Results of Search is illustrated in box below
• Obtain your MLA citation 

6. Email an article to yourself /Save Your Search

Try doing an advanced search.  The drop down boxes on the far right enable one to search by Keyword, AllText, Title, Author, Subject, and a variety of other fields.  Each database may vary.   The drop down boxes on the far left allow one to search with "AND", "OR" or "NOT".