A database is a collection of many different academic journals that can all be searched at once. Most academic journals use a peer-review process to review articles for quality before publication.
You search a database by creating a search query. Search queries use search terms and can have Boolean Operators and punctuation. Based off your search query, you will get a list of articles (and other resources) as results.
Watch the Article Evaluation Video to review the appropriateness of a research article with me!
Before searching Google Scholar, it is highly recommended that you sign into your Jagmail account and link Google Scholar with your USA login. Once you have done this, articles will be linked to the full text if available.
Remember, you can use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) with Google.
You can also use "phrase searching" (words in quotation marks) to keep words together.
