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Finding scholarly information for your case study

1. What you need to do

For this assessment you need to find scholarly information to support your case study.

Note: Remember to read all of the information on your course website related to your assessment to understand exactly what you are required to do.

2. Plan your search

Once you have read the case study, think about the key ideas and issues it raises. 

Try mapping these out in a table or mind map. Think of alternative concepts or synonyms you can incorporate into different searches.

Here is an example table: 

Concept Synonyms or alternative concepts 
Aboriginal
  • First Nations
  • First Peoples
  • traditional owners
tourism
  • tourists
  • visitors
  • travellers
sustainability
  • sustainable
  • polluting, pollution
  • environment, environmental degradation
ethics
  • ethical behaviour
  • cultural sensitivity
  • cultural values
  • cultural engagement
  • cultural awareness
  • values, entitlement, respect, beliefs, attitudes
  • economic benefits
  • economic opportunities

This table is not comprehensive. Once you start searching you may come across more keywords.

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3. Where to search

For your previous assignment you may have used the following to find relevant information:

You can still use these to do some quick searches to help you understand your topic area.
 

Library collection search example:Search in the Library collection search bar for 'Aboriginal tourism ethics'.

Tip: Use the 'Refine my results' menu to limit your search to books or articles.


However, we recommend you use business databases, in particular:

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4. Building your search

Apply the keywords you brainstormed earlier to databases to find relevant references.

Business Source Ultimate

1. Start by entering each of your different concepts into a new search box. Notice that these concepts are connected with AND.

sample search in Business Source Ultimate

2. Incorporate any synonyms into your search. Connect these with OR.

incorporate synonyms in search

3. Apply limits if you want.

Image of the Limit To section in Business Source Ultimate

These filters can help to narrow your search.

Informit Indigenous Australia

sample search in Informit Indigenous Australia database

  • If you want you can use truncation. The star * symbol can be used to include word stems. For example, ethic* will find ethics OR ethical.

  • Double quotes are used to keep phrases together, e.g., "First Nations".

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5. More help

If you need help writing your assignments or referencing visit:

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