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  • Women's Magazine Archive (for example)
    • Finding "known" items
    • Searching within database or title
    • Options for copy, download, cite?
  • LibrarySearch
    • Topic searching: Focusing with filters
  • Google Scholar: Customizing results for VIU
  • Library Guides
    • Primary Sources
    • Annotated Bibliographies
    • more

Library > find > databases >

Library > find > journals >

examples:

  • Redbook
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Seventeen
  • Teen Vogue
  • ...?

 

From concepts and key words to search strategy

examples:

pregnancy alcohol

(pregnan* OR mother* OR matern* OR childb*) (alcohol* OR "substance abuse" OR addict*)

"home birth"


Filter sources to focus on particular aspects related to your topic

Look for filters: scholarly, books & ebooks, discipline, subject, content type, date...

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