Creating a bibliography of relevant sources on a focused topic takes persistence and thought.
This page lists possible challenges you might encounter along the way - and some strategies for navigating through them.
EXAMPLE: Skim article titles on results list for ideas - and check encyclopedia titles for ways to connect personal to academic discourse and discispline. In the example here, I searched "code switching."
EXAMPLE: Skim an introductory article for ideas on what the topic is about, concepts and terminology, and possible ways to focus your research.
Sometimes when we research, we can't figure out words that work. There can be a number of reasons for that to happen. Here are some strategies that help.
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Sometimes when we research, we can't find anything on our topic. That can happen when:
Library databases are useful research tools, because they include a mix of full text sources we can read immediately AND sources for which there is only a title and an abstract (overview of the source).
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If you search for sources on the Web, you may hit a publication paywall and be asked to pay to see the full text.