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1. Click on the ProQuest Database Search button (above).

2. Choose the type of material you want: All - Scholarly Journals - Books - Videos & Audios or use the drop-down menu for All source types.

3. Enter keywords in the search box at the top.

4. Click the peer-reviewed box if you need peer-reviewed (scholarly or academic) articles.

5. Hit Enter or click the magnifying glass.

6. On the results page, use the left-hand menu to filter your results.

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Keyword Search Tips

• Check your assignment and readings for terms related to your research assignment.
• Use AND between search terms to include all the terms. This will retrieve fewer but focused results: voting AND teens.
• Use OR between search terms to include any of the terms or alternative terms. This will retrieve more and broader results. Use parentheses around the OR words: voting AND (teens OR adolescents).
• Use NOT to exclude a term: voting AND teens NOT adults.
• Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase: "voter rights".
• Use an asterisk at the end of a root term to search for different endings: nurs* will retrieve nurse, nurses, and nursing.
• Try Advanced Search (at the top of the search).

Refine Results

Use the left-hand menu to limit results by

• Peer reviewed
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• Subject
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• Check more filters