HLTH 402: Disability Studies: Issues, Research & Policy

Use Omni to search for journal articles. Omni includes content from the various research databases to which Queen's Library subscribes but not everything is included. If you are looking for information on a very specific topic, or a topic that is subject specific, it is recommended that you search databases that specialize in that subject area for more thorough results. 

Enter one or more of your topic keywords into the Omni search box and then click the search button. 

The default search in Omni is simple or Basic Search. Enter one or more of your topic keywords into the Omni search box. 

Basic search supports the use of Boolean operators: AND, OR or NOT. They must be entered in uppercase.

AND is used to combine keywords representing different concepts. Using AND ensures that all search terms are present in the results. 

• For example: "Covid-19" AND "persons with disabilities" 

OR is used to combine related/synonymous keywords. 

• For example: work OR employment

To search for a specific phrase, type quotation marks around the phrase.  

• For example: "inclusive design"

Truncation is the process of adding an asterisk '*' to the end of a root word to get different variations on the word.

• For example: disab* will search for disability, disabilities, disabled

Once you have your initial search results, you may want to narrow or broaden your search. For example:

Narrow or refine your search by adding other terms using AND

• For example: "persons with disabilities" AND employment AND barriers AND Canada

Broaden your search results by using OR between similar terms.

• For example: ("inclusive design" OR "universal design" OR "accessible design") 

Use brackets to group terms. When you have more than on Boolean operator in a search statement, it is necessary to separate them with brackets. Operators enclosed in the brackets are performed first followed by the operators outside of the brackets.

• For example: ("inclusive design" OR "universal design") AND "sustainable development goals"

Use the Advanced Search option for more precise searching. Using the drop-down options within the Advanced Search screen you can limit your search to specific fields and/or a combination of fields (Author, Title, Subject, Call number). You can also specify that your search words must be contained in the search field ("contains", "starts with" or "contains exact phrase."