Youth Ministries Research 

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* Academic Search Premier * ERIC * CLICnet * Expanded Academic ASAP * Family & Society Studies Worldwide * PsycINFO * Religion Database  * Social Services Abstracts * Sociological Abstracts

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• When it's not available, Search for Bethel Libraries Full Text will connect you to full text in another resource or to request options.

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1. Log into ILLiad with your Bethel username and password (Note: The first time you log in you will be asked to create an account)

2. Fill out the Request an Article form if it does not fill automatically

3. Fill in the last realistic date you can use the article

4. You’ll be notified by email when the article is available, usually 3-5 work days - most articles are delivered electronically

You've got your research question; now it's time for effective searching. Try these tips:

• Brainstorm a variety of keywords (poverty, low-income, income level, social class)

• To Narrow search: Connect keywords with and (poverty and education and achievement)

• Use quotes to search for a phrase ("social inequality")

• To Broaden search: Use or to search synonyms (poverty or low-income and education)

• Search by keywords, not sentences (poverty and "secondary education" and achievement instead of effect of poverty on high school students)

• Use * to get different endings of a root word (school* searches for school, schools, schooling)

• Look for subject terms or descriptors; use these terms to find more articles on your topic