Graduate Education Team

If Your Results Are Not What You Are Looking For

• Identify Subject Headings / use controlled vocabulary

• Ensure you are searching in the right database:

  Look at these tips to help you identify Relevant Databases

• If you have found one useful article or book, use that item’s Bibliography

• Look at Literature Reviews:

  To locate these, add the phrase Literature Review to your search

  Look at specialized Encyclopedias or Dictionaries