You can find a variety of different types of sources, from popular to scholarly, in a variety of different formats in the library catalog. In the search box, type in your keyword search terms. For instance, if your topic is Low-fat vs. whole milk consumption, you can use “Low-fat” AND “whole milk” AND consumption as your keyword search terms. You may consider adding other keywords, such as effect*, impact*, etc.

Summit

In the dropdown menu next to the magnifying glass icon in the search box, choose UI Library+E-Resources if you are only interested in resources that can be found in the U of I Library. Otherwise, choose UI+Summit+E-Resources to access resources in 37 academic libraries throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Please keep in mind that delivery may be delayed due to lending library closures, materials quarantine, or shipping issues.

Personalize

You can use catalog’s personalize feature to select your preferred disciplines. For instance, you might be only interested in Agriculture & Forestry, Medicine, and Social Sciences disciplines for this assignment. Check the box for Prefer newer material to have recently published sources displayed on top.

Refine Results

If you are only interested in scholarly sources, check the box for Peer-reviewed Journals under Availability, then click the APPLY FILTERS button. If you want a variety of different types of sources, check the boxes for Articles, Conference Proceedings, Print Books, eBooks, Reports, Newspaper Articles, and Book Chapters under Resource Type, then click the APPLY FILTERS button. If the majority of the search results are from newspaper sources and you are no longer interested in popular sources, click the X next to Newspaper Articles under Active filters. If you are looking for sources that are relevant to your debate topic, such as consumption, check the boxes under Topic, then click the APPLY FILTERS button.

LCSH and PCI Subjects

Similar to the subject terms in Academic Search Premier, LCSH subjects can be used to refine the search results by sources that are tagged with the same subjects. Click this link to learn more and to search LCSH subjects.

Find Full-Text Online

You can click the Full text available link to access the full text of the source. Click the title of the source, then click the link to the vender after Full text available at: under View It. Make sure that you have signed it using your U of I credentials. If No full-text is shown, consider placing an ILL request to access the full-text article. Do be aware that due to library closures and limitations around the world, processing requests may be delayed or disrupted.