Welcome to the Couple & Family Therapy Graduate Student Library Research Guide!
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Learn Effective Database Search Strategies
(The following are suggestions to improve your search results)
Use different search terms or key words
a. Try using other words to describe your topic, it will give you better results.
b. Examples: cohabitation, living together, moving in together, common law marriage
Truncation or wildcard (*)
a. This will locate alternate endings for your search term.
b. Example - mar* to find marriage, marital, married, etc.
c. Note: Some databases use different symbols; consult the help page for the correct symbol
Try different databases
a. Each database contains unique material, so searching a different database may yield more relevant research.
Help page
a. Each database has a page with tips to help you effectively search that resource.
A note about Google Scholar . . .
Although Google Scholar contains many resources, it does not contain access to all relevant resources for hospitality research. Researchers are strongly encouraged to look at the additional resources mentioned above to conduct a thorough literature review. You do not need to purchase articles via Google Scholar many are available for through the UNLV Libraries or via Interlibrary Loan.
For help connecting to UNLV Libraries' resources through Google Scholar see the following.
A Few Sample Online Videos
Samantha's handout covering the basics of APA style - 7th Edition.
Samantha's PPT (updated for 7th Edition), including potentially tricky examples such as book chapters and secondary citations.
From APA, color-coded explanation of journal, book, and book chapter references (pdf).
Side by side comparison of the two editions, created by a librarian at East Carolina University.
This is a dependable site for APA questions. Look for their Sample Paper, too.
Other Resources:
From APA: Detailed instructions and examples from the 7th edition
from APA
Provides a DOI for an article citation when one is available.
Explains when to give credit to another person for their intellectual work (and how to do it correctly). Look for the "Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing" section on the left for examples of each.
UNLV Interlibrary Loan: Use this account to get articles, books, and other resources from our interlibrary loan system that are not available through UNLV Libraries for free by clicking HERE to set up an account.
RefWorks: Software that will allow you to store, organize and format your research citations via the Internet automatically.
Google Scholar is a subset of Google that is designed to search for academic and scholarly articles and books online.
Research Consultations: Schedule a time that is convenient to discuss your research. Virtual research consultations.
What is RefWorks?
RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic software package that enables you to:
"New" RefWorks Instructions