Nursing Research Resources: Research Help
Different Search Techniques
About Research Help Page
Use the navigation on the left hand side to find some of the techniques to find and use information in your research project.
Source "Mining"
The bibliography or works cited page can help you with your research. Using a relevant and "good" article, carefully read through the article for references and suggestions to other articles as well as a path to their sources. Scholarship and research is a conversation that takes place through the output of articles, book, and studies. When you have an article , you can use the Electronic Journal Finder to see if the Library subscribes to the journal title.
Reading Techniques
There are many ways to approach a text. Use the reading techniques below to get started:
Advanced Google Searching
This infographic, borrowed from HackCollege.com's "Get More out of Google" has some good tips for searching Google.
- Searching within a particular domain (i.e. ".gov" or ".edu") can help you narrow a search and find more relevant items.
- You can limit dates with the "Search Tools" dropdown menu in order to limit your results to a particular day or time frame.
Here is a quick help on searching Google Scholar