Find information

There are many search tools that can help you find supporting references for your assessments. Watch this video (2 mins 31 sec) for an overview of some key search tools.

The Library Collection search is a good place to start searching for academic (scholarly) sources that the Library subscribes to.

Tip: Sign into the search interface to save references and searches permanently – select Sign In (top right)

Amend your search to include relevant synonyms or related keywords and appropriate search functions:

Basic search examples

Start with a basic search using your key content keywords:

• chocolate AND health AND benefits

Amend your search to include relevant synonyms and search functions:

• (chocolate OR cacao) AND health AND benefit*

Advanced search example

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

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

Hover over the + to learn more

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:

Watch the following

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.

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