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Public Speaking 101 - Hines

Database Searching Tips

Below are suggested databases and search tips for your research.

  • Use AND to narrow your results by searching for two keywords simultaneously. 
    Example: immigration AND border control
  • Use OR to broaden your results by searching for either two or more keywords
    Enclose terms separated by OR in parentheses
    Example: (dog OR canine)
  • Use quotation marks ("") to search for terms as a phrase
    Example: "genetically modified food"
  • Use asterisks to retrieve additional forms of a word
    Example: parent* retrieves parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, etc.
  • Limit your results to academic or scholarly sources if you need peer-reviewed sources.

ProQuest

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JSTOR

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EBSCO Databases

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Research databases

Other WLAC Databases

You can also research your topic using any of our library databases! For a full list of all of our library database subscriptions, view our Database A-Z page.