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Civics in Action - Ithier: UMI Proquest

Sample Keyword Searches

Sample Keyword Searches:

  • "Food Waste" and Impacts
  • "Police Brutality" and Ramifications
  • Homelessness and Solutions
  • "Minimum Wage" and Raise
  • Homework and "Mental Health"
  • "Water Contamination" and "Lake"
  • "Wealth Gap" and Race
  • "Depression Rates" and Youth
  • "Achievement Gap" and Race and Schools

How to Use UMI / Proquest

1. Click here to access UMI/Proquest in school.

    Click here to access UMI/Proquest at home.

2. After entering the database, click on "Advanced Search" near the top of the page.

 

 

3.  Click "Full Text."  Type in 2 or more keywords in separate rows or use quotations to combine a term.  Then click search.

4. Choose your article.  Send the article to your Google Drive by clicking on "More Options."

 

 

 

5. Click "Cite" and change citation style to MLA and "Export" to Noodletools.

 

How to Use UMI / Proquest