Try searching within specific databases or Summon by combining keywords relating to to the concept of Aboriginal identity AND keywords about media. For example:
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It can be difficult to find articles about Aboriginal publishing and media. Searches tend to retrieve Aboriginal periodicals themselves, rather than research or analysis about Aboriginal periodicals and other forms of media.
Try searching within specific databases or Summon by combining keywords relating to to the concept of Aboriginal identity AND keywords about media. For example:
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Helpful Hints for Keyword Searches in Summon
TIP: Limit your results to journal articles by selecting Content Type: Journal Article (under "Refine Your Search" on the left-hand side of the screen). You can also filter by publication date, academic discipline, and language; limit your result to peer reviewed publications; and exclude certain formats (e.g. newspapers) from your results.
TIP: Use quotation marks to search for a phrase (e.g. "First Nations"). Use an asterisk to truncate a term to search for words with the same stem (e.g. Curric* retrieves Curriculum, Curricula, Curricular, etc.).
Searching within databases can be more time consuming than using Summon, but there are advantages to this research strategy:
The following databases are useful for finding articles related to Indigenous publishing. For a more comprehensive list, see the Articles page of our First Nations and Indigenous Studies research guide.
Each database may have their own way and limitations of searching within the database. Some may use "And," "Or," quotation marks and other search strategies in the above box, but some may not. If you are not getting the results you expected within a database, make sure the search is worded the way the database works.