Google search was not a good resource for me in the beginning when I didn't know how to limit the search results. When I first type the words that I wanted to find in the article it resulted in many articles, but I could not use any of the articles. When I used quotations I came up with a better organized and more related articles to my research topic. It help me to eliminate some of the articles and then I could limit the the results by changing the year of published in the search. The google search was more affective to use the extra steps or else you get results that are not related to your topic, but only contains the words in the article. I find that google is still hard to find useful resource that would help support the research project. I do find that google scholar is very good at finding articles that may relate to the research topic. I still have to keep figuring out what to type and settings to get the best results for a search.
Hi Brenda,
ReplyDeleteYes, you are right--Google Scholar would be more likely to help you find articles on your topic than "regular" Google.
When you searched for articles on your topic during the database searches, take a look at the descriptors that are used for those databases. They might be helpful to use as well when you do your Google or Google Scholar searches.
Also, have you looked at some official sorority websites, or fraternity/sorority websites for people of color and other minorities? They might have another way to express things.
Sincerely,
R. Wexelbaum