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Database: Gale: Topic Finder

Instructional guide on how to use Gale Databases.

Topic Finder

Topic Finder is a tool that creates visual relationships between concepts and terms to assist in narrowing down research topics. To use the Topic Finder, start with a search for a broad research topic.

 

topic finder

 

On the search results page click on the Topic Finder button on the right side of the page. This will take you to the Topic Finder results page where you can select a tile to find more specific results.

The size of an area within Topic Finder (as Tiles) is dependent on how many articles have been found based on the subject(s).

 

topic finder tiles

 

Once you select a tile, the results panel will appear on the right-side displaying article results for that topic. You can also select a more specific category from the tiles within that topic to narrow down results further. Below are the topics within Urbanizaiton from the tile above.

 

topic finder results

 

Besides the tile display, there is also a wheel display which shows the same search results.

 

topic finder wheel