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ED 7311: Educational Philosophy in a Social Context: Finding Articles

Educational Philosophy in a Social Context

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Search by keywords/small phrases and use Boolean searching.

AND: reading AND motivat*
OR"phonemic awareness" OR "phonological awareness"

Use "quotation marks" to search for whole phrases > "educational philosophy"

Use the database’s built in limiting features. Some databases have a filter for full-text and/or peer-reviewed journals.

Consider truncation. The symbol used is usually *.
epistemolog* will retrieve: epistemology, epistemological, epistemologies, etc.
 
etc.

Check Subject terms to see if there are any synonym terms to consider.

Searching for Full Text

If you come across a citation to an article and you'd like to track down its full text, follow the steps below:

The example below shows that The Journal of Continuing Higher Education is accessible in print/microform as well as online. The entry also shows coverage dates to indicate which years are accessible. 

| Google Scholar |


Google Scholar can be a useful tool when collecting research information. Settings can be updated to display:

Library Links - FindIt@Txstate
Bibliography Manager - EndNote (refers to Desktop EndNote)