Course Number: GS202Subject: Global Studies Video Tutorials Video 1: What is scholarship?  Video 2: Finding and identifying academic articles  Video 3: The academic information ecosystem  Video 4: How to cite in APA style  Video 5: Getting citations  Video 6: Credibility of sources   Advanced Search Techniques Below, you'll find a number of resources that will help you with conducting research for your literature review. The research process is broken out below into 6 steps below, with examples of search strategies written out for you. You can use these search strategies to navigate through multiple databases for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. There is a video demonstration below using the ProQuest database. Step 1: Think about your research question and specific search terms Developing a research question (video 5:07) see also Booth, Wayne C. et al. The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2016 ed. (most recent) available on 7th fl at Q180.55.M4 B66 2016 (check for availability) 2008 ed. Online ebook edition see chapter 3: From Topics to Questions, and chapter 4: From Questions to a Problem Example research question: What is the effect of property rights for women on poverty rates in southern Africa? Concept map for search strategy Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3 Concept 4 Property rights Women Poverty Botswana Land ownership Female Poor Malawi Property ownership Gender Income poverty Mozambique Land rights  Economic development Zimbabwe   Development Africa (?) Step 2: Select out an appropriate database and try some preliminary searches Go to the Library Subject Guides page and select an appropriate Subject to guide your initial search Start with Global Studies; ProQuest, EBSCO, and Web of Science are 3 premier dbs to consult Start with some simple searches using keywords as above; look at special subject terms the authors use, found in the abstract Avoid typing in questions; this will result in 0 hits in specialized databases Limit results to only: peer-reviewed, articles Step 3: Use Boolean operators AND/OR (NOT) to broaden or narrow your search (women OR Female) AND ("Property rights" OR "Land ownership") AND (Botswana OR Malawi) " " searches for exact phrases * at the end of a word retrieves variations of the search term; farm = farms, farmer, farming ? - Wildcard, retrieves single variant spellings: wom?n = woman, women Getting great results: narrowing your search (video 3:02) Step 4: Look for existing literature reviews on your topic Find a few decent articles and consult the "Literature Review" section Try a search with terms such as "review of the literature" OR "literature review" OR "review essay" OR "critical review" OR review Broaden the scope of your search to include books; they often have good review chapters Step 5: Finding "classic" or landmark studies Follow the citation trail in articles you find useful; what author(s) are referred to heavily? Consult the Web of Science database to find highly cited articles by using the Times Cited feature; these will all be from peer-reviewed, scholarly sources Consult a scholarly Companion, Handbook, or Manual for your topic, e.g. The Companion to Development Studies, Routledge, 2014. Use Google Scholar, Cited by feature Step 6: Format your citations for the bibliography in APA style Many specialized databases allow you to download in multiple citation styles, esp. ProQuest and EBSCO You can easily copy/paste the citation in APA format in ProQuest using the "Cite function at the top right side of the results page For further tips on citing on APA style, see: Video tutorial, How to cite in APA style Purdue University's Online Writing Lab guide to APA style Video