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In-Class Assessment

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Wright State University Database Searching


  • Using Boolean Operators as a way to narrow or broaden your search:

AND: use to combine different concepts or keywords; each result will contain all search terms

Example: libraries AND education

OR: use to connect similar concepts or keywords; each result will contain at least one of the search terms

Example: teach OR educate

Quotation Marks " ": place around phrases to search for words in that exact order or with that exact spelling

Example: "higher education"

Parentheses ( ): place around related terms to search for more than one group of keywords

Example: (teach OR educate) AND libraries

 Asterisk *: use at the end of a keyword to search words that start with the same letters

Example: holocaust AND (educat* OR teach*)

Searching for Education Journals

Find It

How would you find this article if all you had was this citation?

Thompson, H. R., Duvall, J., Padrez, R., Rosekrans, N., & Madsen, K. A. (2016). The impact of moderate-vigorous intensity physical education class immediately prior to standardized testing on student test-taking behaviors. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 11, 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2016.06.002 

How do you search in this journal for an article?

Perspectives in Education

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