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Immigrants' Experiences

Maile Black ENL 110 Spring 2023

Explanation

  • I'm not sure which database or databases would be best for this topic, so I go to "EBSCO," an umbrella for diverse databases. 
    • I perform a "google" search of EBSCO by selecting all the databases.
    • Once the results appear, I can examine which databases provide results.
  • Once I search with key words, I first place three limits on the results:
    • full text 
    • a date range
    • scholarly or academic journals or peer-reviewed articles
  • I then examine some citations. For particularly helpful articles, I click on the "SUBJECT" descriptor to narrow my search further.

Let's take a look: