GUIDE 27. HOW DO WE GET THERE?

The idea with this rainbow of results is:

• To expose you to thinking about and analyzing all the parts of the document as well as knowing the source that indexes or captures it

• To guide you in knowing which sources or databases to look for, before you start searching

• To challenge you to retrieve documents from each of them

• To get you familiar with these databases • To help you use your time efficiently

19. With this example (one of the articles written by Robert H. Stupinsky), take a look at what you can do once you’ve found a

good article in EBSCO: you can print it, e-mail it to yourself or any colleague, save it, and even find an example of how to cite it in

APA (click on Citation).

Final results=26, and all are relevant

The terms selected will appear in the Searching box; click Search for results.

Once you are signed in to EBSCO, click Add to folder

Write the email where you want to receive the alerts from your

search

Now start selecting your articles and saving them into your folder, “CRITICAL THINKING.” Click Add to folder and save

them by selecting critical thinking. When you finished filing, please open you folder to verify what you have done.

Your results has been narrowed to 35. In the following slides you will open windows for title, item

information, export citation and PDF.

If you find a good article on the topic you have chosen, you can also click on Find Similar for more articles about the same topic.

The Subject Headings list what searches could be entered to obtain this article. In other words, what the main topics of the article are.

From the subject heading options, select all the articles on Ethics, for example.

AbstractAbstractClicking on “abstract” provides the reader with a brief summary of what the article is about. This is Clicking on “abstract” provides the reader with a brief summary of what the article is about. This is

quite useful during searches concerning a topic of choice because it eliminates unnecessary quite useful during searches concerning a topic of choice because it eliminates unnecessary reading of entire articles. Yes, an reading of entire articles. Yes, an abstractabstract can become a timely academic life saver! can become a timely academic life saver!

Write your terms or words in the search box and click search. From your results see the titles and also the URL, all from

universities or research/government institutions

Select and open the full text box

Select your articles and click on the title

Select the terms that the systems suggests to you

Remember that Google Scholar covers Universities & institutions not only from America but from the whole

world. Click where PDF is listed.

Similarly, with Books we can see originals from the best universities and National Libraries from all over

the world