Q. How can I "search within" a publication to see if it talks about my topic or publishes articles on my topic?

Once you have found the online title (periodical or book) in a TCC Library database, you may want to find a section (for example, a chapter or article) that talks about your research topic. Many of our databases offer a feature that lets you search within a single publication. 

In the below example, we are first in an Ebsco database where you can use the "search within this publication" feature to search within this specific periodical for a topic to find a relevant article (but you would need to search for Exceptional Parent instead of The New Yorker). Using this database feature, it will only retrieve results published in that periodical (starts at relevant portions): 

Ebsco example:

Gale example:

For tips on how to search within an ebook, see this FAQ.

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