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Social Sciences - Research Skills - Intermediate

In this course you will learn how to determine your need for information; find information effectively and efficiently; check information carefully; process and save information.

Search results

  • Three links give acces to full text: the title, [PDF] and VU LibSearch.
  • No access? Try "All 10 versions" to find a version where you have access to.
  • "Cited by 515" is the number of publications that refer to this article.
  • You want to use the article in your paper? By using "Cite" it's easy to copy the right bibliographic information for your literature list.

Keep in mind

  • The search results are a hodgepodge of sources, including citations, preprints, dissertations and theses
  • Some publications are of insufficient academic quality to use in a paper
  • Few options to filter search results.

What you will not find in Google Scholar:

  • Journal articles and books not digitized and not cited by online articles
  • non-English language publications are less easily found.