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How can I find peer-reviewed journal articles that evaluate the effectiveness of smoking cessation programmes in New Zealand?
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Using Research Assistant in Library Search
Find Research Assistant in the top bar of Library Search and add your research question and filter by peer-reviewed and "last 10 years" if current scholarly articles are needed. Research Assistant will find 5 articles and provide an overview which is AI generated. Do not paraphrase or copy from the AI generated overview into your assignment. Instead find the information indicated directly in the articles suggested. See this FAQ for more tips on using Research Assistant.
For more articles
Click the "Try again" button underneath the overview or select the far right tile "View related results"
For example for this search in Research Assistant several more peer-reviewed and up-to-date articles are shown in the Library Search results.
APA Referencing
If you click on the speechmark icon for any item in Library Search, you will find the full APA reference for your article. Click "Copy citation to clipboard" to paste this into your Reference List and remember to check this against your Ara APA Referencing guide e.g.
