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Other sites that can be useful are non-profit foundations associated with the disease. For instance, for osteoporosis there is an organization called Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation which has good information. To find pertinent organizations, google search the "disease name" foundation.

Avoid commercial sites like webmd or healthline. If you want help evaluating a website, email Sarah!

• Advanced Google: Make google work for you! Search for a topic you're interested, then limit it by file type to target data. For example, try .xls or .csv

• Use the advanced search in Proquest to find specific tdocument types: case study and statistics/data report are good places to start.

• Use quotations to search for phrases, e.g. "Paget’s Disease" 
• Add the phrase "white paper" to find more examples of research papers that won't typically be found in databases
• Use advanced search (under settings) to limit your search to a specific domain (e.g. .edu or .gov)
• Use the minus sign to exclude words or phrases from your search (i.e. "paget's disease" -cancer) to get more accurate results

Some AI tools can be helpful in getting broad information at the beginning of the research process. Try to use tools that are connected to the internet and cite their sources (like perplexity, for instance) and corroborate your findings with another non-AI source to avoid hallucinations (incorrect information that AI can create).

When prompting AI, be as specific as possible to get the best results! For example, "What types of tests do practitioners use to diagnose _____? are there any new tests that show promise  for detecting ________ earlier?"

AI can also be useful in figuring out useful search terms or finding experts. For example, "I am a high school student researching osteoporosis and how it affects women along with how it is treated. I'm especially interested in new treatments (from 2020 to 2025). What kind of search terms would work well to find scholarly articles in databases? Are there any experts in the field I should look for?"

One thing to note is that if AI, like you, cannot get past paywalls. It is important to do research in databases to be comprehensive!

Questions or clarifications? Ask the librarian or your teacher!

Citing sources for research is necessary! Why?

Keep track of your resources as you research in Noodletools. You'll need to cite resources within the paper AND include a bibliography.

Noodletools make it easy to do that. Most databases have a feature for you to export directly into noodletools!

• Directory of Open Access Journals has access to thousands of free full-text articles.
• PLOS One is a peer-reviewed open access mega journal published by the Public Library of Science.
• Google scholar can be a useful tool in academic research, however, many of the articles you'll find there are behind a paywall. Please exhaust the library databases first before heading to google scholar!

More tips for accessing articles:

If you have checked in the databases, searched regular (free) google, and are not satisfied with your results, email Sarah the librarian to get some search tips and strategies.

If you do find an article behind a paywall, the librarians may be able to find it for you.

DO NOT PAY FOR ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET!