 Another way to search for journal articles on your topic is to use the library's databases. The databases provide more subject-specific coverage and additional search functionality not available in the catalogue. We will be looking at the ProQuest database in this video. ProQuest is a multidisciplinary database which covers a range of subject areas. Let's begin the search by entering keywords from the topic into the search boxes provided. When searching for similar keywords, enter these in the search box with or typed in between. This tells the database that any of those search terms can appear in the search results. As the next set of keywords describe a different concept, enter this in the next row. The rows are joined with an and and will narrow the search by only listing items which include keywords from both search concepts. To add further search concepts, click add a row. Notice that some of the keywords are enclosed in quote marks. This is so the database will search for these words together as a phrase rather than individually. There is also an asterisk after some keywords so that the database will search for different endings of the word. For example, teen asterisk will search for teen, teens, teenager and teenagers. ProQuest is a large database and you are likely to get large numbers of results even if you apply limits to your search. It is useful to change the anywhere option to anywhere except full text. This means that ProQuest will look for the search terms you have entered in the title, abstract and keywords of the article but not the full text or reference list. This will not only reduce the number of results you get but also retrieve more relevant articles. Click the search button to run the search. The database will then list items which match our search terms. The initial results may be quite large as it will include resources such as journal articles, books, theses and newspaper articles. You can filter the search using the limits in the left menu. If you have been instructed to use peer reviewed articles, you can select this option to limit the search results to articles that appear in peer reviewed journals. If you are required to consult recent articles published within a particular time frame, for example the last 5 years or the last 10 years, you can limit your search results using the publication date option so you are only getting articles that fit this criteria. If you see an article that looks relevant, you can find out more information by clicking on the abstract details link. The abstract provides you with a short summary of the article's content. You may also find other keywords in the abstract and subject headings which you can add to your search. To access the article, click on the full text PDF link. We recommend using the PDF version if available as it provides the details you will need for referencing including page numbers. You can also download and save the PDFs to your own computer. If the full article isn't included in the database, click the find it link to see if it's available in another database. If you would like to alter your search strategy to add more keywords, apply limits or change your search terms, click modify search. To return to the main search page.