Welcome to the Environmental Studies Guide where you can find information on how to search for peer-reviewed articles, reports, theses, books and more.
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.
Start with the Discovery Search
Tips for searching the databases and catalogue using AND, OR, NOT
When searching for content related to your essay or assignment, brainstorm some keywords. Then use AND (capital letters) to combine the keywords.
Example: to find articles on the impacts of climate change on river systems and salmon, you may try something like:
salmon AND climate change AND rivers
If there is more than one word for something you are researching, use synonyms / similar terms separated by OR (capital letters).
Example: if you researching the history of First Nations in the Yukon, you may try something like:
indigenous people OR first nations OR aboriginal OR native americans
Use NOT (capital letters) to exclude concepts from your search.
Example: moths NOT butterflies AND hybernation AND Canada
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