Arts & Science

Omni finds articles as well as books, but sometimes a subject-specific database gives you more control of your search. These databases could be good starting points for research.  They're very general in their coverage.

• They contain BOTH scholarly and non-scholarly content (ie. magazines and newspapers), so be sure to select the type of resource that's appropriate for your topic. 
  • After you search and see your results list, use the limiters provided to select the type of article you need.
• When you see something that looks potentially useful, click on the title to see the detailed description.  There may be information on this page that leads you to MORE articles:
  • Look at the References (Works Cited) of one article to see what the authors used for their research.
  • Look at what other articles have cited this one.
  • Look at "Related" articles.
  • Click on an author's name to see what else they've written.
• Get SERIOUS about search terms!
  • Don't use full sentences or questions.
  • Select a couple of important terms that should appear in every article.
    • Join them with AND and OR.  (See the Keyword tutorial for details.)
      • AND finds all items that have BOTH terms in the description - to NARROW results.
      • OR finds items with ONE term or the other - to BROADEN results.
  • Be creative.  Think about different ways to express your topic.

EXAMPLES

creative or creativity
"creative process"
creativity and science
creativity and education