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Tips and Tricks for Searching the Databases: Triton Resources

Go-To Databases

History

Health

Popular Culture 

Social/Behavioral Sciences 

Education 

COVID-19

Definitions and General Information 

Ex.1

Example 1: Foster Care + U.S. + Problems 

foster care, problems in the foster care system, mental health/foster care, broken families, emotional development, financial assistance/foster care, government policies

Ex.2

Example 2: Digital Divide + Access to Technology + Tech/Human Condition 

digital divide, access to technology + in low-income households/in the suburbs/in rural areas/in urban area, how technology divides us, how technology brings us together, technology in society

Ex.3

Example 3: Cellphones are Harmful + Mental/Physical Effects + Texting and Driving 

 

cellphones, smartphones, mobile phones, cellular devices, electronic devices, cancer and cellphones, dangers of cellphone usage, texting and driving, cellphone use and eye problems, cellphones and anxiety

Ex.4

Example 4: Vaccine Related + Anti-Vaxxers + Herd Immunity 

 

herd immunity, the case for/against vaccines, vaccine effectiveness, anti-vaxxers, why we need vaccines, dangers of vaccines, vaccines and autism

Ex.5

Example 5: Indigenous Culture  

Ex.6

Example 6: Good Credit/Bad Credit + Consequences + Outcomes 

 

good credit, bad credit, credit score, credit report, credit history, consequences/outcomes of bad credit, credit and financing, good/bad credit and loans

Ex.7

Example 7: My teacher told me to watch a movie using the library resources

Ex.8

Example 8: Critical Theory, Literature, Fiction

Ex.9

Example 9: Cancel Culture + Confirmation Bias + Conscious Bias 

cancel culture, social media, confirmation bias, conscious bias, gas lighting, classical conditioning, concept: following the idea of the crowd without asking why or seeking evidence