Find Sources - UGS 303: Sleep, Are We Getting Enough? - Hensley - LibGuides at University of Texas at Austin

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Searching databases is different than searching Google. You have to distill what you're looking for into a few key terms or phrases, rather than whole sentences. Use this tool to help you brainstorm keywords on your topic.

Combine key terms using AND and OR:

AND narrows your search by looking for articles with all of the words (your two or three key concepts should be connected with AND, because you need all of them represented in useful articles).
OR broadens your search by looking for articles with any of the words (synonyms and related terms should be separated by OR - they get at the same key concepts, so any of them are useful).

Try different combinations of your keywords to get better results as you search.

Sample keywords

What impact does sleep have on academic achievement for undergraduate students?

Sleep	Academic Achievement	Student group or population
Sleep Quality	GPA	Undergraduate students
Sleep Duration	Grades	adolescents
Insomnia	Learning	college students

For this assignment, you might need several types of sources:

Source Type	Start Here
Scholarly Articles present original research written by experts usually peer reviewed	Search library databases Multidisciplinary - contain articles from many disciplines Subject-Specific - contain articles more focused on one discipline (example: Psychology) See suggested databases below.
Encyclopedia Articles/Background Information overviews/accepted knowledge on a topic usually short and easily readable Good place to learn vocabulary Don't present original research like a scholarly article.	Search Gale eBooks Can also use Wikipedia or news/magazine articles for background information
Journalism/News	Search Google News or the UT Libraries NexisUni database. Make sure to evaluate unfamiliar publications.

Databases for this project

Databases for Scholarly Articles

Articles & More Advanced Search
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Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database - a good starting place for most projects
Google Scholar
Unlimited users.
Google Scholar uses the popular Google search engine to enable searches for scholarly materials such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research. It includes a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. Google Scholar includes full text and citations.

Use this link to access Google Scholar, and see our Google Scholar Guide for information on using this resource.
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health) Plus with Full Text
Subject-specific database for nursing.
PsycINFO (Ebsco)
Subject-specific database for psychology.
Includes abstracts from Psychological Abstracts back to 1927, Psychological Bulletin from 1921-1926, and all APA journals and the American Journal of Psychology back to their first issues. Corresponds in part to the print index Psychological Abstracts.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
Subject-specific database for medicine.

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