Questions about how to use ProQuest? Take a look at these Helpful Videos.
This short video (~1min) will teach you some search strategies to help you get the best results.
Some CFCC databases offer topic search help that includes formulation of CRITICAL QUESTIONS to use in your research. If you would like a short video introduction to critical questioning, try this 7-minute video with Chad Littlefield. Littlefield suggests following a spiral thinking path to get to deeper--not superficial--questions, and using "How" or "What," rather than "Why" questions.
If your career name is more than one word--social worker, dental hygienist, computer programmer--put quotation marks around the words to create a "phrase search."
Put an asterisk after the main part of the career name to include alternatives--engineer* will find the words engineer, engineers and engineering.
"Journal Articles" and "Trade Publication Articles" are sources that people already working in the field are reading.
Use the date presets, calendar, or sliding bar to get only current articles.