Problems and Issues
Possible issues to consider:
- "energy poverty"
- homelessness
- "economic struggle"
- poverty
- overtourism
- "global warming" OR "climate change"
- "electronic waste" OR "e-waste"
- drugs
- gangs
- pollution
Searching Primo (Library's Discovery Tool)
Primo is the Library's discovery tool. It can be accessed from the Library's website.
Starting from the Library's website
- go to the "advanced search"
- search for "Almost Everything"
- enter your terms in the search boxes
- use quotations around phrases; single word terms do not need quotations around them
- databases usually retrieve search results that include the plural of terms
- use the * (asterisk) to get various endings of words, e.g., statistic* retrieves statistic, statistics, statistical, statistically
- other possible search terms: cause, effect, issue, problem
- refine results
- select publication dates, and other options as you choose, e.g., available online, peer-reviewed journals
- to see more information on a search result, click on the title
- if your search result is an article
- note the DETAILS for more information on your selection
- select a database to retrieve it from, then follow the links to the article
