Guides: APS 432 Disability and Society: Search Tips

Searching for Resources

In our library catalogue, type your topic, e.g.

Or you could copy and paste the search string at the top of the page "Education & Disability":

You could also try the very same search as an Advanced Search:

AND finds results with BOTH terms
OR finds results with EITHER terrm
disab* finds any ending, e.g. disability, disabilities, disabled

For more help on searching, go to our library website.

From the library Databases page, go to EBSCOhost and then select EBSCOhost Web. Then choose your database(s). and create a search similar to the example below. Finally, you may limit your results by using the filters on the left-hand side of the screen, e.g., recently published (in the past 5 years), full text articles in peer reviewed journals.

AND finds results with BOTH terms
OR finds results with EITHER terrms
disab* finds any ending, e.g. disabled, disability, disabilities

For more help with EBSCOhost databases, go to the library website and look under the Databases tab.

From the library Databases page, go to JSTOR, select Advanced Search and then and try a search like this. You may also filter your results by item type, language and discipline.

For additional help with JSTOR, look under the Databases tab on the library website.