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Google Scholar is a search engine from Google that searches the full text of some digitized books (not always scholarly) and scholarly journals. If the library databases aren't finding you what you need, it might be worth searching in Google Scholar. This full text search is more flexible than the library databases and can often give you ideas for other search terms to try. However, results are not comprehensive, often lack full text, and lack the advanced search features of the databases.
If you're using Google Scholar off campus, set up your Library Links so that the SMC "Check for Full Text" option appears in Google Scholar.
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If you're getting way too many results that aren't relevant to your keywords, it could be your keywords are just mentioned once in the text. Sources that have your keywords in the title or subject will be more relevant. Use the dropdown menu to tell the database to search for your keywords in the subjects, title, or anywhere besides the full text.
You likely won't find one perfect source that ties together Native Son and the particular societal issue you're examining. That's okay! The job of your essay is to take those different puzzle pieces and put them together yourself.
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