Library Guides: ELI 34: Academic Writing IV: Find articles

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Statement: Are efforts to raise student awareness of colleges and university sustainability programs successful?

Keywords: student awareness sustainability college campus programs success

1. Start with a broad keyword: sustainability = 93,000+ articles

2. Add narrower keywords: college campus - notice your results are more specific and fewer = 280+ articles.

4. And even narrower: program = 117. Limit your results to "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals."

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