When You Get an Assignment

Let's say that your instructor asks you to write a paper on what your future may look like when you graduate. You decide to research the opportunities available to someone with an undergraduate degree. You can use either popular or scholarly articles to support your paper. Since this is a cross-disciplinary topic, a good place to begin is with a general article database rather than a subject database.

On the next page you will practice searching for articles about college graduates and careers using ProQuest, a general article database.