This service from Google searches scholarly literature, including articles, theses, books and technical reports, and "gray literature" from many areas of research. Some materials are free, some will be available to WMU users by clicking on "Article Linker" while others may require a fee. Use this source in addition to library databases for a more complete search of scholarly literature.
To enable links from the "Find it@WMU" from off-campus computers, follow these instructions or watch a video tutorial :
1. Go to Google Scholar. 2. Click on the "options" wheel in the top right corner. 3. Select "Library Links" from menu on the left side. 4. In the "Library Links" search box, type "Western Michigan University Libraries". 5. Click the checkbox next to "Western Michigan University Libraries (ArticleLinker)". 6. Click the "Save". 8. A link to "ArticleLinker" should now appear next to those citations that are available electronically from the Libraries.
Search string for reports on the downtown:
kalamazoo downtown (survey OR report OR data OR statistics)
Some search string recommendations:
("university student" OR "college student") AND ("city connection" OR "community engagement" OR "belonging")
(higher education OR university) AND (urban integration OR civic engagement) AND (social integration OR cultural immersion)
(student experience OR campus life) AND (city exploration OR local activities) AND (barriers to engagement)
(university initiative OR program) AND (connecting students to city) AND (internship OR volunteer opportunity)
ProQuest Central combines the complete content of over thirty of the most heavily used ProQuest databases across all major subject areas, with deep coverage in business, health and medical, news, social sciences, arts and humanities, and science and technology. It provides access to scholarly journals, high value market research, country, economic, and industry reports, pre-print working papers, full-text dissertations, and a vast number of newspapers, professional journals, and general interest periodicals.
ProQuest Central currently includes all the content available in these ProQuest Databases:
ABI/INFORM Collection
ABI/INFORM Dateline (1985-Current)
ABI/INFORM Global
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (1971-Current)
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection
African Newsstream
Arts & Humanities Database
Asian & European Business Collection
Asian Newsstream
Australia & New Zealand Database
Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Biology Database (1998-Current)
Business Market Research Collection
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Business
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Health & Medicine
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: History
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Literature & Language
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Science & Technology
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Social Sciences
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: The Arts
Canadian Newsstream
Career & Technical Education Database
Career & Technical Education Database: Business
Career & Technical Education Database: Health & Medicine
Career & Technical Education Database: History
Career & Technical Education Database: Literature & Language
Career & Technical Education Database: Science & Technology
Career & Technical Education Database: Social Sciences
Career & Technical Education Database: The Arts
CBS News 60 MINUTES
Computing Database (1998-Current)
Continental Europe Database
Criminal Justice Database (1981-Current)
East & South Asia Database
East Europe, Central Europe Database
Education Database (1988-Current)
European Newsstream
Family Health Database
Global Breaking Newswires
Health & Medical Collection
Health Management Database
India Database
India Database: Business (1998-Current)
India Database: Health & Medicine (1998-Current)
India Database: History (1998-Current)
India Database: Literature & Language (1998-Current)
India Database: Science & Technology (1998-Current)
In class we downloaded the report and databook for Student Lifestyles (2022). We also searched for reports using the terms "Gen Z" and "Multicultural Young Adults."
I'd be happy to work with you during an appointment on this one and provided some links below on how to use it. In class we searched for students and set that as our Column and I looked in the Psychographics for Attitude statements and picked All Agree for the rows.
