Step 3: Search the Literature
SEARCH EVERYTHING searches through the majority of the Library's databases, e-book/book collection, newspapers and more. You can view a video demonstrating the various features of Search Everything embedded in the screen capture below - note there is audio and closed captioning.
1. Type in your keywords and click the Go button. Your keywords should reflect the main concepts of what you are looking for, and what terms you would like to see reflected in your results. There is an implicit AND between concepts; Search Everything assumes you want results with all concepts included.
It also searches for related terms, e.g. synonyms. "Phrase searching" will look for results with the exact phrase included. Truncation, using the *, looks for root variants, e.g. canad* will find canada, canadian, canadien
For example, if I want to learn more about research relating to healthy meal selection, I could type in healthy "meal selection". I can also limit my results to only retrieve peer reviewed, scholarly articles, where research studies are more likely to be reported.
