Finding the right article starts with using the right database. There are quite a few databases that can help you, but in order to choose the right one, you have to narrow down your topic/focus. Since databases are divided in broad areas, think about one or two that best fits your topic.
See the examples below:
School-to-prison pipeline: race and inequality in education, race and criminal justice, juvenile detention centers, children and crime
- Helpful databases:
- Potential keywords: education inequality, schools, prison, race, tolerance, criminal justice policy, black Americans, educational attainment, environmental factors
Poverty and education: levels of literacy and retention of public schools, educational attainment for children in low socioeconomic neighborhoods
- Helpful databases:
- Potential keywords: education, literacy, youth at risk, child development, inner city education, education system, human growth, minority, urban schools, education change
Drug addiction and substance abuse: substance abuse in low-income neighborhoods, the market of illegal drugs
- Helpful databases:
- Potential keywords: drug abuse, substance abuse, addiction, childhood development, urban environments, economic structures, drug dealing, street crime
Single motherhood in low-income areas: effects on children and their well-being; effects on family dynamics
- Helpful databases:
- Potential keywords: single parents, single mother, adolescent mothers, economic structures, poverty, household,maternal identity, parenting, caregiver, custody, family structure
Gang violence and youth: power structures in gangs, racial groups, relationship building, vulnerability of youth and crime
- Helpful databases:
- Potential keywords: at risk youth, youth and violence, youth culture, gang violence, street culture, violent juvenile offenders, juvenile behavior, juvenile gang behavior