Finding Concepts, Terminology, & Focus with Reference
You can use a reference database to scan for ideas, a focus, and keywords - as well as to get informed!
In the images below I do the following steps: Click on images to enlarge.
- I type in a keyword search of climate change AND micronesia OR guam OR oceania. (note that you don't need to capitalize)
- I scan the encyclopedia titles and the article titles looking for:
- ways to focus my research
- language and concepts I can learn from
- language and concepts I can use to find other sources in databases.
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- I use an introductory reference article to get informed AND to find keywords I can use in my research.
- Notice all the useful highlighted words in the third image below, including "climate-induced migration", "environmental migration", "rising sea levels", and much more.
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