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What broad subject area includes your topic? What class is the assignment for? For example, if you need to find an article about depression for your Psychology class, you might choose Psychology or Health and Medicine.
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Create a list of keywords that describe your topic or idea.
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Type combinations of these keywords into the search boxes.
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Use "AND" and "OR" to connect keywords.
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- Browse through your results.
- Read the abstract, or summary, of the article.
- Print the full citation for the article; you will need this information for your works cited page and for locating articles.
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- Do you see a link labeled "PDF Full-Text" or "HTML Full-Text?" [NOTE: You need the most recent version of Adobe Reader to view many of the articles. Free Adobe Reader download.]
Still no full-text link? Move on to Step Five or ask the reference staff for help.
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- Conduct a title search for the journal/magazine/newspaper title in the
Library Catalog to see if the Library owns it.
- The Library Catalog will tell you if the Library has the publication and where it is located.
- Articles not available in full text or in the LCCC Library's periodical collection can be requested from another library through Interlibrary Loan. This can require up to 14 business days. Please see the reference staff. Service limited to LCCC students, faculty and staff.
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