This guide supports English 105, as taught by Dr. Adrea Johnson. It is designed to help you find resources for your Research Essay Assignment.
For your essay assignment, you have the option of choosing your own research question provided that you receive approval for your topic. Once you've decided on a topic that is sufficiently narrow and specific, your first task is to identify the main concepts for your research question.
Essay topic:
Providing culturally sensitive health care by recognizing and incorporating traditional ecological knowledge (including medicinal plants) that have been part of indigenous cultures.
When you use the library's website, please avoid cutting and pasting your topic directly into the “Find It” box or into another subject-specific database. Instead, identify the main concepts of your proposal or research topic. Look for meaningful nouns that represent your research ideas.
Think of synonyms that might be used to describe your main ideas: More academic language often helps, since this is an academic setting, for example::
Indigenous cultures: Indigenous peoples, Indigenous health
Medicinal plants: Endemic plants, ethnobotany, traditional medicine
Traditional ecological knowledge: Indigenous knowledge, traditional knowledge
Once you've identified your main concepts, use Advanced Search to capture all concepts:
1. Enter a term into the search box below and click/tap “FIND IT”
2. Once you have the list of results, at the top of the screen, click/tap “Advanced Search”
Discover articles, books, videos, images, statistics, and more from the Library's print and online collections
When you have done your search, don’t forget to use the limiters. The main ones are:
Available in Library Collection.............. | you will be able to read the articles/books online or find them in the library |
Scholarly Peer Reviewed Journals ..... | if you need journal articles only |
Print Books........................................ | limits mainly to our physical book, collection |
Subject ................................................... | a listing of alternative keywords that you can use to improve your search |
Geography............................................... | want to limit to Canada? use this |
Limit by Database ................................ | gives you a list of the databases that have been searched (from here you can limit to only one database) |
There are a small number of databases which are not pre-indexed in the EBSCO's central index, including Canadian Business and Current Affairs, Canadian Newsstand, and CPI-Q. The database names are displayed on the right side of the screen. You may click on the database to view the additional search results. |
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Remember to use this toolbar to easily:
Email yourself the article
Cite your article (provides the citation in many different styles)
Permalink links to the article whether you are on or off campus. Use this link to email to your professor, or classmates. |
System Requirements
In order to effectively use all EBSCOhost features, the minimum browser requirements are Internet Explorer 7.0, Firefox 8.0, Google Chrome 16, and Safari 5.1 (for Macintosh). You must also have Adobe ® Reader® installed to view the PDF Full Text files. If you are using Visual Search, you must also install Adobe ® Flash Player 8.0 or higher.
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