While many of your scholarly sources are going to be books and journal articles in the library's collection, there are also a lot of scholarly articles available online. Here are some tips for finding, evaluating, and working with dense, scholarly works.
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Adjust your search terms.
Keep track of broader, narrower, and related terms, and use them in your searches. Be as specific as possible, too! You never know how an author is going to refer to something. Think of how many ways there are to say "employment": work, job, career, profession, occupation, industry...
Consider the source.
International and US-based organizations can provide a wealth of information, from research reports to statistical data. Always make sure you read the "About" section for every organization to determine their goals, interests, and quality standards. Don't confuse perspective for bias.
Read the bibliography.
The great thing about scholarly sources is that they all have bibliographies. With them, you can find the sources those scholars used and incorporate that information into your own research, whether it's another article or raw data.
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