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Collaboratorium, The - Community Engaged Research

The purpose of the Collaboratorium is to bring together passionate undergraduate students and communities to conduct research that contributes to building a foundation for reconciliation (broadly defined).

What are Magazine and Journal Articles?

You may be asked to find articles for your research.  These are short to medium length works
that are published in magazines, like the Economist, or journals,
like the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.

You can find them using our Research Databases noted below.
 
Check out these useful video tutorials on how to effectively use our research databases.

Helpful Research Databases

Tips for Searching

  1. Start with one or two keywords describing your topic.
  2. Use the limiting options within the database to focus (i.e., refine) your results:
    • academic/peer-reviewed journals
    • date of publication (you might want more recent articles for some topics)
  3. Look for subjects (aka descriptors) that can help you define your topic more narrowly.
  4. Once you determine an angle or perspective you'd like to explore, try adding additional terms to your search.
  5. Look for a "full text" link to view the article; if no full text link is available, try "Full Text Finder" to locate a copy of the article.EBSCOhost Toolbar
    • If no copy of the article is available online or in print, you can still request a copy from another library through Interlibrary Loan; there is no fee for this service, and articles take about 3 days (often fewer) to arrive.
  6. Use the tools within the databases to mark, email, save, or print your articles:
    • You may be able to email the entire article to yourself, or at least the article information and abstract.
    • You may also be able to send yourself an formatted reference (for example MLA, APA).
    • Articles in PDF format will have page numbers; articles in HTML format will not.
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