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)
This is a browser extension - if you find an article on the web, it will bring you to the full-text through TXST Libraries. This tool can also help with alerting you to journals considered "Problematic" (potentially predatory).
Search by keywords/phrases and use Boolean searching.
AND: "special education" AND disproportion*
OR: "low socioeconomic" OR impoverished
Use Boolean logic to search by keywords and phrases:
( "student* employ*" | OR | "student personnel worker*" | OR | "student worker*" ) |
AND | ||||
( mentor* ) | ||||
AND | ||||
( "professional development" | OR | "professional learning" | OR | "professional training" ) |
The search boxes get translated into a ( text search string ) that can be read by any database.
( "student* employ*" OR "student personnel worker*" OR "student worker*" or "student workstud*" ) AND mentor* AND ( "professional development" OR "professional learning" OR "professional training" )
Using "Quotation Marks" searches words as a phrase > "teacher retention"
Limit search results by Date and Peer-Reviewed journals.
Truncation searches variations of a word. The symbol used is asterisk *.
DISAB* will retrieve: disabled, disabilities, disability, etc.
Check Subject terms to see if there are any synonym terms to consider.
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.