Subject Guides: Geography: Search Tips

Search Tips

Consider using a combination of 2 or more search terms.
Using a * will broaden your search. For example, searching for epidemic* will return results for epidemic and epidemics.
To see what the library has available in full-text, select underneath the search bar or to the left of your search results, depending on which database you are searching in.
When you surround your search terms with "quotation marks", you are telling the database that the words must appear as an exact phrase.
Consider using Boolean Search Terms AND, OR and NOT to combine search terms in order to broaden or limit search results. For example:

Use one of the following databases to search for articles unavailable through our Discovery search:

BC Stats This link opens in a new window
BC Stats is the central statistical agency of the Province of British Columbia. It maintains the provincial government's largest concentration of statistical products, services, and expertise.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) This link opens in a new window
In depth access to a broad range of Canadian reference, business, and current events periodicals.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista provides statistics and Insights across 170 industries and 150+ countries
Statistics Canada This link opens in a new window
Statistics Canada is a key socioeconomic database. Provides fast and easy access to a large range of the latest statistics available in Canada.

EBSCO

ProQuest

Statista