Case studies
Ways to locate case studies in Concordia Library databases
1. In the Sofia Discovery Tool, search "case studies" as a phrase in quotation marks in the search. For instance, to find case studies on democracy in European countries, try the following search: democracy AND Europe* AND "case studies"
Search tips:
- Capitalize AND / OR when searching.
- Add an * at the end of a root word, to find all the variations on that word, in the example above, Europe* will find Europe and European in the results
- Placing quotation marks around any two or more words, like "case studies" will search them as a complete phrase
Sofia search results will contain books, book chapters and journal articles that contain case studies.
Search tip:
Use the limits in Sofia's left menu to narrow your results to journal articles, print books, or ebooks
2. Search for case studies as a document type in the journal article database Political Science Complete.
On the advanced search page, enter the keywords to search in database, scroll down past the search boxes to find "Document type" and click on the drop-down menu to select "Case Study".
The search results should contain case studies from scholarly journal articles. This will be indicated in the title of the article or in the article record and/or abstract.
Article title: 
Document type in article record:
In the abstract of the article:
