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/small phrases and use Boolean searching. Works well in library databases, Google Scholar can do it to some extent under Advanced Search.
AND: "special education" AND disproportion*
OR: "social media" OR twitter OR "tiktok"
"covid 19" | OR | coronavirus | OR | pandemic |
AND | ||||
youth* | OR | teen* | OR | adolescen* |
AND | ||||
"mental health" | OR | "psychological health" |
The search boxes get translated into a ( text search string ) that can be read by any database.
( "covid 19" OR coronavirus OR pandemic ) AND ( youth* OR teen* OR adolescen* ) AND ( "mental health" OR "psychological health" )
Using "Quotation Marks" searches words as a phrase, "young adult". Works in library databases and Google Scholar
Limit search results by Date and Peer-Reviewed journals.
Consider truncation. The symbol used is usually *. Useful technique, but only works in library databases.
adolescen* will retrieve: adolescent, adolescents, adolescence, etc.
Check Subject terms to see if there are any synonym terms to consider in your search. This only applies to library databases; Google Scholar is only keyword searching, but keep an eye out for various terms you read in articles.
If you come across a citation to an article and you'd like to track down its full text, follow the steps below:
Wesley-Nero, S., & Davis, D. (2024). Integrated Professional Learning: Boundary-spanning graduate leadership education with principals and district leaders. Journal of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, 8, 1–24.