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Provides you with step by step help to start your assessments and develop your research skills during your first year at UniSA and UniSA College.

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Choosing where to search

Watch the below video (2 mins 31 sec) to gain insight into the different search tools available for you to use.

Search the Library collection

The Library Collection search is a good place to start searching for academic (scholarly) sources. Search here to get access to a vast range of references that the Library subscribes to.

Before you start searching always sign into the Library collection search interface (top right).

Basic search examples

Start with a basic search using your key content keywords:

Amend your search to include relevant synonyms and search functions:

Advanced search example

You may like to use the Advanced search option to help you structure your search line by line.

chocolate OR cacao
AND
health
AND
benefit* OR impact*

Have a go at doing a basic search in the Library collection:

How to start your search (opens in a new tab)

Read your search results

Hover over the + to learn more

Search Google Scholar

Google Scholar searches only within academic or scholarly websites for academic references.

If you want to search Google scholar select the link on the Library homepage, to get access to full text references the Library subscribes to e.g. you will see Full-text at UniSA links.

Try a search:

How to start your search (opens in a new tab)


Watch the following

Finding a scientific article

This activity has been created for BUSS 1072: Introduction to Human Behaviour but can be useful for other courses if finding scientific articles is required.