Finding scholarly sources for your short academic paper
This guide will help you find scholarly literature for your assignment.
You have been provided with 2 journal articles but required to find 1 additional scholarly paper.
Before you start, make sure you clarify the assessment requirements by reading the assignment instructions and marking criteria supplied on your course website.
Before you start looking for information, use the following steps to plan your search:
Note: a table can be a useful strategy for organising key concepts and alternative concepts or synonyms. |
Example topic:
The engagement and participation in supporting quality of life in older people within aged care homes and the community.
Example table:
Key concepts |
Synonyms / alternative concepts |
Concept 1: Older people |
Elderly |
concept 2: Quality of life |
Life quality |
Concept 3: Aged care |
Nursing home |
Concept 4: Community |
Community dwelling Living at home |
This table is not comprehensive, you may find more concepts as you begin to search.
Watch the video below to learn more about how to plan your search.
The Library website can be a good starting place to search for scholarly information.
Library collection search example |
Tip: use "double quotes" to keep concepts together as a phrase.
Tip: you can swap each concept to different alternative keywords and search again. |
Watch the video below to learn what is a literature review :