These databases could help you decide on a topic and give you some background information.
In-depth reports on current social and political issues.
Los Rios Libraries' online catalog and access to the content of most databases held at Los Rios.
If OneSearch is frustrating, try these:
Scholarly journals, professional journals, reports and magazines in the social sciences, the humanities, and general sciences.
Scholarly journals on the human impact on the environment, climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.
Scholarly journals in health, medicine, psychology and life sciences.
Scholarly journals, ebooks, abstracts, patents and legal research from academic, nonprofit and government sources. Use the Los Rios Full Text link for library provided content.
Example Topic: How does fast fashion contribute to climate change?
Example OneSearch Searches:
fast fashion climate change
(fast OR eco OR sustainable) fashion climate change
(fast OR eco OR sustainable) fashion (climate change OR global warming OR energy OR water OR environment)
Parentheses and OR: Use these around keywords separated by the word "or" to expand your search with synonyms. Putting "or" between words means that either term (or both) will be returned in the search. In the example, we are searching for "underage" and want to include similar terms, as well as "drinking or alcohol" in one easy search.
Example: (garbage OR trash OR plastic) and (stewardship OR conservation OR sustainability)
Asterisk: Use this to shorten a word and search for all possible endings of the root word. This tool will give you more results.
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