Search library subscription databases by subject heading to help focus your research from the start
Introduction to using a database's subject headings (sometimes called a controlled vocabulary or a thesaurus) to find articles. Developed at the Wellington Medical and Health Sciences Library.
Pearl Growing
Find one relevant article and use its Subject Headings/Thesaurus to find other similar articles
Quick and basic tutorial on the Pearl Growing method of searching online databases. Developed at the University of Kentucky School of Library Science.
Use the wildcard and truncation symbols to create searches where there are unknown characters, multiple spellings or various endings. Neither the wildcard nor the truncation symbol can be used as the first character in a search term.
