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Note to YNTEP students

YNTEP students have access to University of Regina Library resources. To access readings, log in with your University of Regina credentials (uregina.ca email and password). Check this page for more information.

Start your search

1. Select a topic that meets the requirements of your assignment.

2. Explore information: explore ideas and perspectives and identify potential sources of information.

3. Narrow your topic: identify key points you want to explore and formulate a question or argument around them.

4. Refine your search & evaluate resources: explore information related to your argument and make connections between your ideas and the ideas of others.

5. Use information appropriately: give credit to the original creators of information and strengthen your argument with citations and references.

Learn more about the search process and search strategies with this guide.

Indigenous Teaching Resources

Search Tips

  • Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) to combine keywords. E.g.: elementary schools AND biology AND lesson plans

  • When doing your search, use nouns instead of a question. For example, instead of searching for "what writing exercises are appropriate for the motor development of grade 1 children?", search write exercises AND motor development AND children.

  • Use synonyms or related keywords to search for age groups or grades, separated by the operator OR. For example, elementary school OR grade 1 OR grade 2

  • When using synonyms, use advanced search or group the keywords using parenthesis (nested search). Example: childcare AND (toddlers OR infants OR young children).

  • Explore ERIC to find articles. Also try ERIC's thesaurus search (top left of the database). Learn more about the thesaurus search here.

  • Including keywords or using search filters that describe a specific age group can help you narrow results. Example: storytelling AND toddlers instead of storytelling AND children (children is more generic and will include results concerning various ages).

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