Use the Journal Locator when you know the title of a newspaper, magazine, or journal. There is a link to the Journal Locator on the Library's homepage. Click on the tab, "Journals" and go to "Journal Locator"
Perhaps you find this article in the Journal of Voice in a database:
Lynn Helding MM , Thomas L. Carroll MD , John Nix MM, MME , Michael M. Johns MD , Wendy D. LeBorgne PhD, CCC-SLP , David Meyer MM, DM , COVID-19 After Effects: Concerns for Singers, Journal of Voice (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.07.032
Break your topic into concepts (subjects). These concepts will form the building blocks of your search strategy.
Why?
Example Question:
Tips:
The search terms (keywords) you use are extremely important!
Problem:
Databases look for the exact words and phrases you type in, so if the author uses a different word (synonym) to describe a concept, you will not see that article in your results.
Solution:
For each of your concepts, identify alternative keywords.
Create a master list of alternative words for each of your concepts.
Use this list as you search the databases. In addition to synonyms, be creative and think of:
Here is the beginning of a list for our research question--
Does soft drink consumption increase the risk of obesity in children?
Concept 1 | Concept 2 | Concept 3 |
Child | Soda | Obesity |
Children | Soft Drink | Overweight |
Adolescent | Pop | Body Weight |
Juvenile | Sugar-Sweetened Beverages | Body Mass Index |
Beverages | BMI | |
|
Cola |
The Library has 91 databases. Choose the best ones to find articles for your paper.
Academic Search Complete - a multidisciplinary database of more than 8,500 full text periodicals with pdf content going back as far as 1887.
Science Direct - the database has references to many scientific and medical articles.
Sage Online Journals -- references to articles for 40 disciplines