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Step 2. Understanding the Results

❶ Search results can be sorted in different ways such as Most recent first (publication date by default) and Relevance. Select from the drop-down menu on the left to change the sorting order.

❷ Click “Peer reviewed” to refine results to only peer-reviewed articles. Or select “Scholarly Journals” under Source type to refine results to academic journal articles. Read the guide Identify Academic Sources to learn more about peer reviewed journals. 

► Step 3. Evaluate the Findings

• Click the article title to read details

• Read the abstract, a summary of the main ideas in the article, for it helps you decide whether the article is useful for your research. To read the full text article, click the "PolyU eLinks" button below to check whether the library has subscription. If yes, click the database to get the full text. Otherwise, click the Interlibrary-Loan to request the text.

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► Step 4. Export to Endnote

❶ Click the "Cite" button on the right panel 

❷ Select an appropriate citation style from the drop-down list then review the citation carefully and make necessary edits

❸ Click "Save" and select RIS (works with EndNote, Citavi, etc.)” to put the citation to EndNote.

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► Step 5. Broaden your search - If you do not get satisfactory results from your search

❶ Click the “Advanced Search” button at the top of the page

❷ Add synonyms to your search to find more results and make sure link them up with the Boolean operator OR (The guide Search Strategies and Techniques gives you some tips on building up keywords and synonyms)

► Step 6. Narrow down your search – If you want to make your results more refined and relevant

• By selecting “Document title – TI” at the search field, results will be limited to those containing the search words at the article title