Using Library Search and Google Scholar

The Library Search is a good starting point to find information on a topic or to search for a specific resource. Use it to find peer-reviewed journal articles, books and ebooks, videos plus many more library resources.

Check out using the Library Search for tips on how to get the best results

• Use the keywords not the entire question
• Link your keywords together into an effective search using Boolean Operators
  • AND: combine concepts, e.g., taxation AND welfare
  • OR: connect synonyms, e.g., progress OR improvement
  • “phrase search” searches for multiple words as a term/phrase: e.g., “public value” 
  • (nesting): keeps terms together, e.g., (progress OR improvement) AND “public value”
  • Truncation: Searches on the stem of the word by applying an asterisk, e.g.,  govern*  = government, governmental, governmentally, governing, governance…