How do I find sources?

Are you looking for ONE PERFECT SOURCE? Watch this video from NC State University Libraries to see why that might not be the best strategy.

Using Good Sources to Find More Good Sources (resource)

What Kinds of Sources Can We Find Using Google? (resource and activity)

Bibliographies are a good way to find more sources. Try Reading a Bibliography (document)

When you have a citation, check Hunter's List of eJournals to see if we subscribe. If we don't have it, you can order the article you need through interlibrary loan.

If you do need to search the databases, it's a good idea to have a plan. Learn how to create a search strategy: search strategy worksheet.

Looking for scholarly articles from journals?

Want to work with Google Scholar?

Research Toolkit by Wendy Hayden and Stephanie Margolin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.