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ENG 201: Conducting Secondary Research (PLV)

Introduction

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Both the general Internet and the Pace Library provide access to many reliable and scholarly sources suitable for your literature review. Below you will find information on locating resources such as:

  • Scholarly articles
  • Books & streaming media
  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Google Scholar

Scholarly Articles: Search the Databases

Pace Library Databases

The following are general databases that provide results from many discipline areas. You might see sources on algorithms, alongside education, and literary criticism. They can be a starting place for your research. 

Searching Pace Resources

See the slides below for basic instructions on searching for books, media and articles in databases. 

Interlibrary Loan

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When you find an article in a research database and it is not immediately available, use the Search for Item button to search Pace's periodical holdings (print and electronic). If you are told to use Pace's Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) service to request an article, follow the link.

1) Articles (pdf files/photocopies) can take anywhere from 24 hours to a few days to obtain. 

2) Books, conference proceedings and other documents are also available via Interlibrary Loan and can be picked up at your home campus Library.

Citation Mining

This is a more advanced search strategy but may be helpful for finding sources! In citation mining, you are "searching" within the bibliography, or citations, of a relevant article that you've already found.