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Search Tips

Keywords

Truncation- Use an asterisk(*) to truncate words so you can get results that have the root of a word. For instance, if I'm interested in researching child psychology, I may truncate child* to get results like children and childhood.

Quotation Marks- Use quotation marks to help get keywords in a specific order to show up in your search results. For example: A Raisin in the Sun vs. "A Raisin in the Sun"

Operators

Consider using OR to connect similar search ideas. For instance, if you're searching teenagers, you may also consider adolescents. A search phrase using this would like this: teenagers OR Adolescents

Hint: You can find the OR option in the drop down connecting search boxes in most databases.

Relevant Databases

EBSCO Literary Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window
Literary Reference Center Plus is the definitive literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of full-text poems, short stories, synopses, critical essays, literary journals, reference books and author biographies, plus lesson plans and literary study guides. It gives students a complete foundation of literary reference works.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Offering up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 published novelists in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.
EBSCO Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search is a monthly indexing service. It was first published in 1997 by EBSCO Publishing in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Its academic focus is international universities, covering social science, education, psychology, and other subjects.