The document outlines steps taken to research the impact of global warming on the Australian environment, including formulating an initial question, searching a library database, narrowing search results by selecting peer-reviewed and subject-specific options, and using new keywords and phrases found to refine the search strategy.

2. GOAL:
Our original question:
What impact has global warming had on the Australian environment?
• Must use scholarly articles
• Should find an aspect that is interesting to me…

3. FROM LIBRARY HOME PAGE

4. NOW CLICK “P” FOR PROQUEST

5. SELECT PROQUEST CENTRAL

6. ENTER OUR SEARCH PHRASE
CLICK PEER REVIEWD

7. 15,000 RESULTS—MANY ON FIRST PAGE ARE
GOOD—HOW DO I SELECT?
“NARROW LIMITS”

8. BOX ON RIGHT SIDE OF RESULTS GIVES
OPTIONS FOR NARROWING THE RESULTS

9. SELECT “SUBJECT” OPTIONS FOR NARROWING

10. FINAL NARROWED RESULTS
I now have a more focused, new direction. Also new keywords and
phrases that allow me to create a new search phrase for other
database searches.