1. 1 FIND ARTICLES/DATABASES ENGLISH 115 Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Learning Commons

2. Databases contain a wide range of periodicals including newspapers, magazines, and journals. S cholarly or academic journals are peer reviewed meaning that experts in the field have examined the studies and found them worthy of publication. They usually are preferred for academic research. Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Web Page

3. 3 While the library has some journals available in print, many of the articles you need will be found using the Research Databases & Articles tab. Databases provide access to material that may not be freely available on the web.

4. 4 Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Web Page The library subscribes to a wide variety of databases. General databases contain articles on a wide variety of topics. Subject databases contain articles within a specific field. general databases subject databases

5. 5 Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Web Page To narrow search results to a certain field, choose a database by subject or from the A to Z list. Ask a librarian if you need assistance. general databases subject databases

6. 6 Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Web Page Enter keywords rather than whole questions and be willing to narrow or broaden your search. Truncation symbols like the * allow you to search different versions of a word. For example, vaccin* will bring back different endings of that word including vaccines, vaccinate, vaccinations, etc. Spelling matters. Brainstorm different words that refer to the same thing. Try teen* OR adolescen*. Use quotation marks when you want words searched together. For example, “don’t ask, don’t tell” finds that specific phrase.

7. 7 Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Web Page Combine your keywords with Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT to broaden or narrow your search. Limit by full text, scholarly journals and date.

8. 8 Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Web Page To further narrow the search change the dropdowns to title or abstract. This will reduce the number or results. Click on the title to find out more about a source.

9. 9 Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Web Page Source provides the title of the periodical, the date published and the number of pages. The abstract provides a brief description of what is in the article. Click on PDF to open the article

10. 10 Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Web Page On the right are tools that allow you to Print, E- mail, Add to Folder, Cite, Export, Permalink and Share. Click on the paper icon for Cite.

11. 11 Hudson Valley Community College Marvin Library Web Page Not all databases have a citation tool, and the citations provided are rarely 100% accurate. Compare them to examples provided through Cite your sources. Select the citation style you need, then copy and paste the citation into your bibliography making corrections as needed.