Research Guides: Human Service Worker: Getting Started

Welcome! We've created this guide to help you get started with research. Use the menu tabs for suggestions of different types of resources.

1. Begin your research by generating keywords and phrases. Visit Research Strategies to get more tips.

2. Use the Databases & Journals tab to find Databases and Journals relevant to your topic.

3. The Books & eBooks tab contains a selection of recommended physical books and eBooks.

4. Navigate to the Web Resources for web content related to your topic.

Tips Add quotation marks around phrases to retrieve that exact phrase.
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* Add quotation marks around phrases to retrieve that exact phrase.
* Add the truncation symbol to the end of root words to retrieve multiple word endings. The truncation symbol for most databases is the asterisk * (for multiple characters -- metho* will retrieve results for method, methods, methodology, etc.) and the question mark ? (for single characters -- wom?n will retrieve results for woman or women).
* Check your spelling, check your search terms and determine if you are using the correct terms recognized by the database.

Human Service Worker