Before you start using Search@UW - why are we asking you to search there in the first place?
Search@UW is a search platform to look for "scholarly" or "academic" sources. It searches across our 300+ databases and shows results from multiple discipline or subject areas.
Below is a 2 minute video that describes what a scholarly article is and why you might use in a college research project.
1. Visit the UWM Library homepage
2. Enter your search terms from Step 3 in Search@UW on the UWM library home page:
• Tip 1: Include a “career” term to get better results
• Tip 2: Select “peer-reviewed journals" to filter to scholarly articles
• Tip 3: Change your search if you are not getting results you like!
These are various terms that you could use in your search strategy. A simple word change can drastically change the search results that you see.
| career path | career exploration | career possibilities | career education path |
| career pathway | career options | career choice | job satisfaction |
| burnout | work life balance | career guide | job guidance |
This is a 2 minute video on how to use Search@UW - including the "resource type" filter!
3. Review your Search@UW results and pick two articles that look interesting to you.
4. Write down the information about the articles:
Article #1
Author name:
Article title:
Name of journal/publication:
Volume number: Issue number: Publication date:
Page numbers:
Article #2
Author name:
Article title:
Name of journal/publication:
Volume number: Issue number: Publication date:
Page numbers:
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This information can be used to create a “citation.”
Citations format information about a material in a specific way. Scholars credit the work of other scholars through citations. Citations demonstrate that you have done the research, are building on the research of others, and you are creating a breadcrumb trail to find the article later if you need it.
Check out our "Citation Help" page for more information and assistance.
5. Skim your articles. Write down 3 key takeaways from these articles?
6. Save or Download your articles to review and use later.
There are two ways to download an article:
Below are tutorials to show you what those processes look like.
