3.13 Finding It All

There is not a great way for the general public to search all of these databases at one time.

Many people find academic search engines like Google Scholar helpful. Notice that not all articles Google Scholar finds are accessible. That is, you may not be able to read the article you want. There are more details related to this in a later lesson.

For this lesson, consider what you have learned about the individual databases for scholarly research. When one goes looking for research to inform practice, the article they need is stored in an online database.

The scholarly research needed to inform practice is indexed (filed away) in independent, subject-specific databases (online filing cabinets).