"OR" Operator - broadens search and increases results

Example: Searching for "College Students" OR "University Students"

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"AND" Operator - narrows search and decreases results

Example: Searching for "College Students" AND Music

1. Search in the appropriate Research Databases using subject terms for your topic.

2. If the article you want is not available in full text in the database or the link is broken, search for the journal title in the A-Z Journal List.

3. If CSU doesn't subscribe to that journal in print or online format (i.e. it is not in our Journal List), you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.

Search by journal title to see if CSU subscribes to a particular journal in full text (note date coverage).

Use the databases below to help find a topic for your paper.

Search on a topic to see the "Research Starter" to get background information and ideas on how to limit your topic.

Peer-reviewed articles are also known as "scholarly" or "refereed" articles.  Before being accepted for publication in a journal, they have been reviewed by a panel of experts in that field or on that topic. Peer-reviewed articles are the best available.

A search in Academic Search Complete and other select research databases can be limited to peer-reviewed journal articles by checking off the "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" box under "Limit your results."