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COMM 101 Han: Find articles

Identifying Primary Vs. Secondary Research Articles

Outward differences between popular magazines and scholarly journals

Keyword search using broad-to-narrow strategy

"I'm interested in generational differences in the workplace pertaining to millenials."

Example keywords:  workplace    generational differences   millenials  

1. Open the library's Academic Search Ultimate database. 

2. Click "Choose Databases." --> Select All.

3. Search Millenials = 28,469

4. Choose: Millenials OR generation Y OR young adults = 3 million results

5. Add workplace = 22,026 results.

6. Add differences = 3,715 results.

7. Add technology = 315 

 

  • Limit to scholarly journals. Checkmark the Peer Reviewed box on the left side of your screen.
  • No link to "Full Text?" The Find It button searches for the article in our other databases.
  • Which of these are original research studies? Tip: find the METHODS section.

Library databases

Library databases:
A-Z list and by subject

Your topic may concern subject areas such as education, health, history, etc. You may consider searching within databases that contain articles that were published in subject-specific journals.