Databases

Go to the University of Waikato Library website
Select the Databases tab in the Library Search box
Type EBSCO into the 'search for databases' box
Click Search
From the 'search results' click on the link for EBSCOhost
Enter your username and password if prompted

The first screen that comes up is a list of all the different databases in EBSCOhost
Select all that you wish to search (Select all is fine, or just leave at the default) and then click on Continue

Go to Advanced Search
Search for inquiry-based learning and Zealand (as shown above).
Click Search
In the Advanced Search screen there are many search options that will help narrow down your results. Some options are"
- Full text
- Peer Reviewed journals
- Date ranges
- Number of pages (with less than 4 databases)
- Publication Type

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NOTES

The word 'Zealand' will help find New Zealand specific material
Some articles may not appear search terms are too specific. Broad searches often catch very useful articles, so don't narrow the search too soon
Refine the search again by adding synonyms for the keywords. This will expand the results to include items that may not have been found in the previous search. For example elementary is a synonym for primary.

The above search found 75 results on 14 January 2020 (the partial result list is shown left)
Use the filters on the left to narrow down results by source type, date, full text, or subject terms plus more
Use the Subjects shown to help identify relevant sources
Click on any title(s) that look relevant, to read the abstract

From your result list look for items that are:
- highly relevant to your topic
- published recently
- published from a variety of sources - newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals
Analyse the results:
- is the source (journal or newspaper) education related?
- are the articles dated within the last decade?
- are the articles on topic or are they unrelated?
- are there other keywords, synonyms or related terms that might be useful?

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