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CNX 211: The Life (and Death?) of Public Education in America

Search Statement Techniques

Search statement techniques for searching in library databases:

  • Use "quotation marks" to have multiple words searched together as a phrase:
    • "high school"
    • "mental health"
    • "achievement gap"
    • "special education"
       
  • Use an * to search for variant forms of a word:
    • parent* = parent, parents, parental, parenting, parented
    • disciplin* = discipline, disciplinary, disciplinarian, disciplined
       
  • Use the word AND (in capital letters) to combine different topics/concepts:
    • "mental health" AND "elementary school"
    • parent* AND "achievement gap" AND "high school"

Discovering & Accessing: Scholarly Articles

How to Get Library/Research Assistance

EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Use EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request articles, book chapters, books, and other materials not available at F&M.