Some people prefer to start with a specific search and get broader until you have a set of results to browse through. Others prefer to start with broader search terms and then add more specific keywords.
All library databases: http://library.kutztown.edu/az.php
"Dehumanized" by Mark Slouka is not available through the library databases.
So what is a reputable way to find the full-text of an article that is not in the library databases?
1. Search the journal title on the Internet. Many magazines and journals will give you access to articles in past issues or from past years. For example, Harper's Magazine gives you access to their back issues on the Internet for free. Remember to put the journal title in quotes.
2. Search the title and/or author in GOOGLE SCHOLAR. Google Scholar contains magazine and journal articles when the copyright holder(publisher) permits it. Not all the citations returned with your search will contain the full text. Some make contain only a preview, excerpt, or an abstract.
KEYWORDS or KEYWORD PHRASES are words or phrases that describe your topic.
Usually descriptive adjective and nouns.
When you do a keyword search in a library database, it searches
Write a sentence describing your topic,
? A question mark is called a wild card. In a search, it replaces one character within a word.
* An asterisk is used for truncation. It is always placed at the end. It searches for all words that start with the root phrase before the pound sign. The * represents any number of letters at the end of the word.
