What should you type in? Simple key words that capture what you want to learn about.
For example, if I type in college OR "higher education" OR university AND "first generation students" (as in image below)
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I get over 19,000 results on a range of topics, including:
I cannot address all these dimensions in my paper, but I can choose specific aspects of my broad topic to focus on.
Don't forget to use the limiters on the left of the search results! You can limit to:
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The library's One Search searches for resources in all of our databases at once.
This can be a helpful way to get a sense of the scope of issues on a topic, and that, in turn, can help you find a focus for your research.