How to Search for Sources and Manage Them

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Where to search?

• Google Scholar

  High quantity and good quality of results, limited to scholarly material.
  Quickly locates a specific article title.
  Check out Google Scholar Search Tips.

Link your library to Google Scholar:

1. Access the Google Scholar Settings.
2. Click "Library links" on the left-hand menu.
3. Type your institute's name in the search field.
4. Select the checkbox next to your institute's name.
5. Click "Save".

Get further:

Where to search?

• swisscovery
  The Library catalogue for electronic and physical resources.
  Register with your SWITCH Edu-ID to access the Library's licensed materials and collect references on your profile.
  
  On the results page:
  Under "Resource Type", select "Articles" or "Newspaper Articles".
  Under "Show only", you can also select "Peer-reviewed" to find articles written and evaluated by experts in the same field.

Get further:

Where to search?

• Databases
  The Library's full-text databases.

Get further:

As long as there is life, there is hope:

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When you have found a relevant article, use it as a reference and consider:

• the author
• the journal name
• works cited in the article
• the bibliography
• works citing the article (cited by)
• the related articles
• the subject headings