If you are having trouble finding research articles related to your research topic:

• Review the research tutorials published by the UWF Library (refer to the information below under the heading research tutorials).
• Use the ELi Research Guides to find additional sources.
• Use additional descriptors from articles that you find.
• Contact the Reference staff at the Pace library.

Research Tutorials

The UWF Library has published several tutorials about finding research articles.  You can access the tutorials under the heading Research Modules on the Online Tutorials page of the library website: http://library.uwf.edu/Research/OnlineTutorials/Tutorials.htm.

ELi Research Guides

Use the ELi Research Guides on the library website (http://library.uwf.edu/Research/Guides/Guides.htm). The research guides group resources together by subject area.  Click the appropriate subject and topic for a listing of sources that you can search for articles.

(Note: This image is only a partial listing of the subjects in the Research Guides.  Refer to the ELi Research Guides page on the library website for a full listing of subjects.)

For example, the Education link opens a page listing various sources for research related to education.

You can then locate the sources in the library (or from the library website).  Contact the library staff if you need assistance.  The contact information is located on the Reference page of the library website (http://library.uwf.edu/About/Reference/Reference.htm).

Additional Descriptors

When you retrieve an article from one of the databases listed on the library website (http://library.uwf.edu/databases/index.shtml), the article may contain the keywords or terms used to categorize the article.  You can use these descriptors to find other articles related to your topic.  For example, suppose that I wanted to find research articles related to multiple-choice and essay tests.  I could search education-related databases using the search terms "multiple-choice test" and "essay test".  By reviewing the keywords from one of the articles I retrieved, I might find that multiple-choice test items are also referred to as: (a) close-ended, (b) closed, (c) multiple choice (versus multiple-choice), and (d) objective test items. 
Similarly, I might find the following additional descriptors for essay test items: (a) constructed response, (b) open, (c) open-ended, (d) short answer (or short-answer), and (e) long answer.  I could then conduct new searches using these keywords as search terms.

Not all databases list keywords or descriptors with articles.  Also, some databases refer to them as "related terms", "subjects", "broader terms", "narrower terms", or "index terms".  If you have trouble finding the descriptors in a particular database, contact the library staff for assistance.  (The contact information is located on the Reference page of the library website (http://library.uwf.edu/About/Reference/Reference.htm).

Reference Staff

The Reference staff at the Pace library can help you locate research articles.  The contact information for the Reference staff is located on the Reference page of the library website (http://library.uwf.edu/About/Reference/Reference.htm).