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ENGL 1302 - Spaventa Summer 2024: Finding articles

Keywords

Use keywords to search - not sentences!

Keywords are the most important words in your topic.

Example topic: Do video games make teenagers violent?

Keywords:

  • "video games"
  • teenagers
  • violence

Another example topic: Does time management make college students more successful?

Keywords:

  • "time management" 
  • "college students" 
  • success

You can also use a Keyword Generator! This one was created by the UT Libraries

Identifying Keywords Tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn what keywords are and how to choose your keywords for your research.

Finding Articles Tutorial

https://library.austincc.edu/help/tutorials/finding-articles/story.html

This tutorial will explore the role articles play in research and how to find articles in library databases. 

Boolean Operators


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