General Inquiry Form

Use the description box to describe your question or essay topic.

If you are submitting a request for information for a research paper, please include the following:

• A statement about the length of paper you must prepare, and the recency of material you expect.
• List key terms that you want included in your search; for example:
  • Canada and children and art
  • The "and" operator will ensure that each concept appears in the search results;
  • it limits the search and reduces the number of search results;
  • the "and operator makes the search more specific.
• List synonymous terms; for example:
  • Canada or Canadian
  • art or creativity
  • children or child or adolescent
  • The "or" operator broadens the search and gives more search results;
  • the "and" operator makes the search more general.
• Translate the terms listed into a search string; for example:
  • (Canada or Canadian) and (art or creativity) and (children or child or adolescent)
  • use ( ) around (synonymous terms); terms separated by or;
  • use the word "and" between key concepts.