LibGuides: Counselling & Educational Psychology: Welcome New Students!

Getting the most out of your searches

This short guide provides you with tips for searching Education topics for relevant articles, using keywords, and getting help.

Use this worksheet, revised for Education researchers, to guide you step-by-step when beginning a new topic search.

Keywords searches in Counselling & Education can be tricky. Here's some of Paula's top tips!

Example search string: vocational guidance AND counsel* AND Canada

If you're having an issues with your searches, please let me know. paula.cardozo@uleth.ca

Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Access curated literature lists and summaries. Search for relevant books and articles on the Library homepage (please note some of the links within Oxford don't work - if you're having trouble locating anything, contact us for help). You can either use the search bar for topics or you can go to "Browse Subjects" on the left-hand size and choose Education.

Use what you've already got.

If you're basing your topic off a book or article you've already got or was provided by your professor, you can use this to quickly track down relevant authors and their works.
See the references/work cited at the end of a book, chapter or article. If a particular scholar keeps coming up, remember to find out what they've written since.
Citation tracing is available through most databases. Click here for step-by-step instructions & tips.

If you are interested in learning to use EndNote, please see our EndNote guide for installation instructions and help resources.

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