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Electronically request and receive articles, book chapters, or other resources when unavailable in full-text from the NU Library.
Tip 1:
When researching a question, don't use complete sentences. Instead, use the most important keywords!
For example:
How are mobile devices affecting education?
The most important keywords are:
mobile devices AND education
Tip 2:
Use Boolean operators to modify your search. This is very useful when you are searching for journal articles!
Boolean Operators
AND OR NOT
AND will narrow your search results:
"global warming" AND glaciers
OR will expand your search results:
"mobile devices" OR smartphones
NOT will exclude certain results:
cowboys NOT football
Tip 3
Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase. This will help you find more specific results! For example:
social media = 8221 results
"social media" = 1140 results
Tip 4
Use an asterisk (*) after a set of letters to perform a truncated search. This will find variations of a word. For example:
musc*
will find results containing the words...
muscle, muscular, musculoskeletal, etc.
Below is a sample of the different search queries you can run in the library databases. Click on the topic of your choice to see the search results and get a jump start on your research topic.
SEL Competencies
SEL Theories
Use a combination of any of the following keywords to come up with different search queries and different results
Source: CASEL
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