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1. Choose your Topic.

• Volunteering
• Your specific experiences
• Service related to learning

2. Create a Search Strategy.
• Apply the "W questions" to your topic.
• Create a concept map.
• Read an overview article.

Facts.com Issues and Controversies

"National High School Debate Topic: National Service and Volunteerism." Issues & Controversies On File 25 Aug. 2006. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services. 27 Mar. 2009 .

Points of View Reference Center

Volunteering & Public Service: An Overview. By: Aliprandini, Michael. Points of View: Volunteering & Public Service, 2007, p1-1, 1p;

Point: Volunteers: How Everyone Benefits. By: Phillips, Liz. Points of View: Volunteering & Public Service, 2007, p2-2, 1p;

Counterpoint: Let Me Help! (Myself). By: Outman, Jim. Points of View: Volunteering & Public Service, 2007, p3-3, 1p;

CQ Researcher Online

Greenya, John. "National Service."CQ Researcher 16.25 (2006): 577-600. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press.

3. Search for books, articles, or web pages..
• Create a search statement:
• Connect words properly with Boolean logic. See Searching Tips.
• Search by "Volunteer*" and another idea from the "W question" or concept map
• Use appropriate synonyms of volunteer as a subject if needed.
• Look at the articles for other words to revise search.

• Search by keyword, author, title, or subject.
• Use Advanced Search screen to combine search terms.
• Limit by date, material type (books, visual materials).
• Determine if item is checked out.
• See Searchpath Module 3 for help using LIBROS.

Use subject headings such as

Nonprofit organizations

Fund raising

Non-governmental organizations

Endowments

Charitable Uses Trusts And Foundations

Search by the Name of the specific organization

 

• Create your search strategy using the concept map and the Search Generator .
  (source is Northwest Missouri State)
• Use the Advanced Search feature.
• Use a separate line for each concept map idea or cut/paste your search statement into one line.
• Connect keywords with Boolean logic.
• See the Searching Tips for additional help.
• Limit to full text.
• Limit to scholarly, peer reviewed
• See Searchpath Module 4 for help using databases.
• General (Any topic) Databases
• Proquest. (Off campus link)
• Academic Search Premier.
  (Off campus link) (Choose Academic Search Premier.)
• Academic Search Complete.
• Expanded Academic Index. (Off campus link)
• Gale Reference Center Gold . (Off campus link)
• Lexis/Nexis.
• For more databases, use the
  All Databases or the
  Databases by Subject web pages.
• Ask LeAnn Weller or someone else for help finding the full text of the article.

• Create your search strategy using the concept map and the Search Generator .
  (source is Northwest Missouri State)
• Use an Advanced Search feature.
• Use a separate line for each concept map idea or cut/paste your search statement into one line.
• See the Searching Tips for additional help.
• Limit by domain name.
• See Searchpath Module 5 for help with searching the web.