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Wayfinders for our collections, tools, and servicesPWR 1KAA Forward Momentum Quickstart Guide: Sample keywords and searching for "motion"
Starting your research using library resources
Brainstorming for search terms
Example terms and search results
These are example topics related to the subject "motion". After brainstorming words for the topic you are thinking about writing about, click on the example searches and replace your terms for the ones in the examples and see if the results are helpful. Searches are demonstrated using Searchworks, Searchworks Articles + and a multidisciplinary database. You can do the same using Google Scholar.
- Searchworks catalog: "Moving forward " in the titleSay you want to see how the term "Moving forward" in the title of books or movies has been used. Here's a list of titles from the Searchworks catalog where "Moving forward" appears in the title. Look at the TOPICS limiters to see what subjects they fall under.
- Searchworks: Equal rights womenIn searchworks, use keywords equal rights women in "all fields". There will be a box after the 3rd result that will give you access to articles and other related resources - if there is a library guide there will be a link to that too.
- EBSCO database: increasing speed limitsThese are results from a search of Academic Search Premier and some additional EBSCO databases selected from the search page. The results have been limited to academic journal articles, and SUBJECT: speed limits
Sometimes you will need to use the FIND IT AT STANFORD link to get the full text of the article
- EBSCO article: Risky and anxious driversThis article was available through Science Direct using the Find It At Stanford link in the EBSCO result list.