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GU-Q: IPOL 216: Global Politics of Sport

Searching Efficiently

Now that you have settled on a research question, break it down to its basic concepts and create lists of keywords. Watch the following video to learn how to proceed from your research question to a list of relevant keywords.

Watch the following video to learn how to find print books and e-books using GU-Q Library's HoyaSearch.

Subject Search

An effective way to retrieve the most relevant results is to conduct a subject search. In "Advanced Search"  on the library's website, use the "Subject" field. Combine your keywords with AND | OR | NOT expand or limit your searches accordingly. Some suggested searches for this course include:

Olympics OR Olympic Games (very broad search but includes all possible results )

Sport AND Political (very narrow search)

Naturalization NOT Ecology (search results will not include the topic you are not interested in)

 

Watch the following video to learn how to find peer-reviewed  articles using GU-Q Library's HoyaSearch.

Using the Content Type Filter

Use the "Content Type" filter to make sure your results are limited to academic sources like journal articles, books and book chapters, and conference papers:

Check if the "Peer-Review" icon appears underneath the description for articles: