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Quick Search & Health Articles

General tips for finding journal articles and additional pages of information for resources of interest to specific Faculty of Health programs

There are so many ways to find Health related research articles

This guide will provide tips for how to find peer-reviewed articles and more for your assignments

  • This page of the guide focuses on using Summon Search and general search strategies.
  • Locate additional pages on this guide using the grey tabs to find subject specific article databases & search techniques for
    • Nursing
    • Psychiatric Nursing
    • Traditional Chinese Medicine

Do you want to search most of the Library's Collection at once?

Best Bet: Summon search

  • this is the big search box on the library homepage
  • it searches most of the Library's research article databases

Quick Search Tips

  • Type in keywords rather than sentences or questions
  • The filters in the left column will help narrow your search results

Still not finding what you need?

  • Watch the 5 minute video search demo below OR
  • Click on the question mark hot spots in the Summon interactive h5p below OR 
  • Look at our Library FAQ on how to narrow or broaden your search

H5P Hot Spot Summon Search

I don't understand any of this!

Image listing the five different modules covered in the tutorial: Module 1: Introduction to KPU Library Module 2. Exploring Sources Module 3. Finding Sources Basics Module 4. Finding Sources Advanced Module 5. Evaluating SourcesIf you are new to university library research, work through our Library Research Tutorial. This will give you the context to understand the search process so all this will make much more sense.

After you finish the tutorial, a completion badge will display in your Moodle account.

Questions? Get some research help!