Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy

A) Prepare a Search Strategy

Step 1: Analyze your Topic: Think about your topic critically, take note of what has been done in your topic area and define the goals and objectives of your research.

Step 2:  Identify Key Concepts and Search Terms: Identify key concepts from your topic that you may want to use as search terms.

Step 3: Identify Search Limits

Year(s): 2009 or 2000-2009

Document or Material Type: Journal Articles; Conference Article; Monograph review

Language:English,French

Step 4: Use Boolean Logic

There are 3 Boolean logic operators that you can use when you are searching for articles. All databases list these operators.

“AND”  Narrows your search strategy

“OR”    Broadens your search strategy

“NOT”   Eliminates certain details from your search strategy

NOTE: FIND IT SFX LINK

Some electronic databases will only provide a citation, or abstract and not the full-text article. You will see an "SFX" link next to the article title. If you click on this link you will be directed to the full-text, provided that the library has the full-text article.