LibGuides: IST 605: Novels in Verse for Young Adult and Middle Grade Readers: Keywords and Search Terms

Search Strategies

Consider this list of keywords/search terms when conducting your research using databases and/or search engines:

Instructions for successful searching:

1. Determine your approach: is a database or search engine most useful for my question/research need?

2. Navigate to your selected resource and consider Basic vs. Advanced Search options:

a Basic Search has one menu/field and benefits from the use of Boolean Operators (see above)
an Advanced Search will allow multiple search fields and can be beneficial when considering specific text titles/authors

3. Be a careful and informed reader! Consider the reliability of your results by considering the CRAAP Test

Gale in Context: Middle School
Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
Gale OneFile: High School Edition
Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students.
Gale Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
Gale Literature: LitFinder
Access literary works and authors throughout history, including full-text poems, plays, short stories, speeches, and more.
Google
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Databases require subscriptions and are library-specific - they will often require library credential login; however, they are readily available at public and academic libraries.
Search engines are readily available to all users and are not limited to in-library access.