EDUC 1200: Find Articles on Careers

If you want to use Lee College Library electronic resources off-campus, you will be prompted for a login and password. Use your Lee College ID and password.

Searching for a phrase?

Putting it in quotation marks tells the search that you want that exact phrase, not just any of the words contained within it.

Ex: "civil society"  "Immanuel Kant" "evolutionary ethics"

Want to search for all forms of a word simultaneously?

Use the * as a wild card.  Example:

• Philosoph* will include Philosophy, Philosopher, Philosophers, and Philosophical in your search all at once. 

These databases contain articles that relate to careers and employment.

Keep these tips in mind:

• Unlike searching on an internet browser, the library's catalog and article databases do not use natural language.  You can't ask a question or use a sentence.
  • For instance, instead of, "How can I prepare for a job interview," identify the main elements of your question and search those terms. 
    • Example:  "Employment Interviewing" 
• Identify some other terms or phrases you can use to state your research topic.  When you are searching scholarly journals, authors almost always use terminology that is specific to their field.  Use your textbook or a subject dictionary to find these terms.
  • Example:  Use "Vocational Guidance" as a synonym for "Jobs."
• If you are getting too many irrelevant articles, try narrowing your search by making it more specific.  Examples:
  • Instead of "teacher," use "Elementary School Teacher" or "Teacher Education"
• If you aren't getting any articles on your topic, you might have to use broader search terms and try to find your topic within those broader articles.  Example:
  • Instead of "Sociological impact of the movie Urban Cowboy on Pasadena, Texas", use "Urban Cowboy AND Pasadena Texas"