This guide has been created to help you get better results when using the library for research in COMM:1130 - The Art of Persuading Others. It will help you get more comfortable using library resources, locating sources, and understanding the importance of citations.

If you have questions or problems, contact your librarian!

• Generate a list of your search terms and any synonyms.
• Search for each term in InfoHawk+ and our databases. Look at the subjects that are listed with interesting resources.
• Pro Tip: Once you are in InfoHawk+, click on the "Sign In" link in the upper right corner. Sign in with your HawkID and password and you will be able to pin resources, request items more easily, and save searches.
• If searching for a phrase, insert quotation marks around the phrase.
• Limit your search by a date range if you only want results from certain years. 
• If you need a peer-reviewed, scholarly, or academic article (lots of words for the same idea!), select "Peer-reviewed journal" from the left side of InfoHawk+. (Some databases have a peer-reviewed filter as well!)
• Try your search terms in multiple databases.
• You can also search in WorldCat to find resources not held by the University of Iowa and then request through ILL. 
• Look at the footnotes and bibliography of scholarly articles and dissertations - they can lead you to related sources!
• The first sources that you find may not be the best. Keep looking!