Conducting a Literature Review

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Learning Outcomes: by the end of this video you will know how to:

• use the library's search engine to find books
• how to refine your results
• request books from the Summit catalog, consortium of colleges and universities in the Pacific Northwest

Searching for books using the library's search engine 

Visiting Summit schools and requesting books

Learning outcomes: by the end of these 2 screencasts, you will:

• know how to find education focused subject guides
• apply database search strategies modeled to:
  • narrow your search
  • perform concept searches versus keyword searches
  • search in a more sophisticated manner
  • be able to identify quality academic articles
  • know the steps to finding the full text of an article

Steps for more robust searching in databases