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Best Bets: Databases for Career & Technical Education Research

Find the Full Text

Option 1:

To access the full text of an article, tap Download PDF, View Online,  or Online Access; or tap  Find It button to determine whether UW-W Library patrons have access to it via a different database or inter-library loan (ILLiad). Here's how:

watch a brief tutorialHow to Use Find It: Step by Step

Option 2:

Use the Journals search to find out whether we have access to a particular journal or magazine:

screenshot of journal search button

Option 3:

If you know the DOI

Lookup a journal article by DOI or PMID

Search Tips (Education Examples)

Phrase Searching: Use " " quotation marks around common phrases or concepts.

  •  "English language learners"

AND:

  • diversity AND education

Truncation / Wild Card! Add an asterisk * to the root of a word to search additional forms of the word. (Some databases use a question mark.)

  • ELL*    (This will search both ELL and ELL's) 
  • child*  (This will search child, children, childhood, childish, and so forth.)
  • "young adult*"  (You may use a wild card within a phrase.)

OR:

  • emotional OR behavioral
  • "young adult*" OR teen*
  • ELL OR "English Language Learner"

Combinations: Use parenthesis to nest similar terms

  • (emotional OR behavioral) AND disorders
  • ("young adult*" OR teen*) AND "learning disabilities"