Practice the skill: Identify & search theory-related keywords
Please open the PDF for the article below. Find the section on the theoretical framework for the study on pages two and three.
On a piece of paper or in another document, jot down the answers to these questions. Then, check your answers against ours.
- A few theories are named in this article. How many can you find in pages two and three? Write down the names of the theories you identify.
Open the ProQuest Central database. Try a search on one of the theory terms you found and the term employees.
- How many results come up in the search? How many of these are current, peer-reviewed articles?
Try this exercise with an article you have found with your own literature review. Skim the contents for theory or topical terms that fit your research area. Try combining these terms with your other topic keywords. Also consider searching in multiple databases.
Test your knowledge: Articles cited in bibliographies
Please open the database record for the article below.
- Find the Cited References link on the database record for this article. How many items are in this article's reference list?
- Click the Cited References link to see the reference list for this article. What is the title of the first article in the reference list for which the full-text PDF is available?
- Find "Understanding the time-squeeze: Married couples' preferred and actual work-hour strategies" by Clarkberg and Moen in the references. This article does not have the PDF available; however, is this article available elsewhere in the library?
Compare your search to ours.
