Subscription
Databases
American
Journal of Physics (full-text) Allows searching of
current issue, or all online issues, from January 1975.
Annual
Reviews (some full-text) Most titles go back to 1995 only. Fill pull-down boxes with Boolean search terms, selecting the fields you want to search. You may limit
by searching a particular title in the scroll box under Publications.
Your Session Search History allows you to easily return to earlier
seaches.
Astrophysical
Journal (full-text) After you click on an individual
issue, the search box will appear on the left menu bar. From there
you can search all issues. Cambridge
University Press Journals (mostly full-text) - The link
at left will take you to the "Advanced Search" screen. If
you do not want to do an Advanced Search you can use the simple
search box in the upper right corner of the screen. If you want
to use the Advanced Search, you probably want to set Journals to
"All Journals" and Subjects to "All Catagories." Restrict
search to specific article type is probably the best part
of the Advanced Search. If you do not want book reviews, you can
limit your search to articles only by holding down the control key
and clicking to highlight only the article types you want. CRC
handbook of Chemistry and Physics (full-text) You can
search the text or browse the Table of Contents in the left menu
bar. All pages are in PDF format.
Credo Reference - (full-text) Tremendous number of full-text reference volumes with many unique search options. Browse by topic, use a concept map, or an advanced search. You can also rank search results by relevancy, by results with still and moving images, and by those with sound files.
Electronic
Collections Online (very small amount of full-text)
is a FirstSearch product. If you only want full-text articles, remember
to check the Limit to Full-text box that is right
above the search button. Even if this box is checked, most of the
items in your search results list will NOT be full-text.
Full-text items will have the following text in your search results:
View Full Text in PDF format (ECO).
Expanded
Academic Index (some full-text) - After you click on the
link at left, you will go to a list of databases at Gale. Scroll
down and click on Expanded Academic for a second time. If
you want to search for full-text articles only, be sure to look
below the yellow box and find the words Limit the current search
(optional). Here you will find a small square next to the words,
"to articles with text." Place a check in that square and
the system will find only full-text articles for you.
Handbook
of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical
Tables (Knovel) (full-text) - The entire book is in
PDF format..
Institute
of Physics (full-text) - Search all of IOP's publications
from one screen.
International
Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology
(full-text) - The entire book is in PDF format..
Knovel
Critical Tables (full-text) - The entire book is in
PDF format.
Lexis-Nexis (full-text) - Allows you to search using natural language or Boolean techniques, which they call "Terms and Connectors." Notice that you can Select Source on the pull down menu below the search box. There you can search transcripts, law reviews and medical journals, to name but a few catagories of publications.
NetLibrary (full-text) - is a collection of over 43,000 online books in all subjects. Search by author, title, or keyword. You may also search the full-text for specific words or phrases. The most important thing to remember about NetLibrary is that if you click on "View this eBook" that title will be locked up for 15 minutes UNLESS you "close" the eBook. Directly below the NetLibrary logo in the upper left of the browser screen you will see the words Open Items. Beneath Open Items you will see the word Current followed by the title you are viewing. To the right of the title, you will see the words, Close Item. You should always close the item when you are finished viewing it! Sweet Briar College Library shares all of our NetLibrary e-books with all of the colleges in the state. If NetLibrary tells you that an e-book is already in use, it is probably being used at another Virginia school. Wait and try that book again later.
In
order to prevent problems in getting back into an eBook you are
using, you should also always leave your eBook open in a separate
browser window. If you need to go to other web pages while you are
using an eBook, open a new browser window and do your web browsing
there. Leave your eBook open in it's original window! If
you need to leave the computer you are working on, it would be best
for you to either "close" the eBook (if it is not checked
out) OR (if the item is checked out) check the item back in before
you close the browser window.
To move through sections of books in NetLibrary, click the words "Next" or "Previous" in the top right of the page. DO NOT use the greyed out arrows on the bottom of the screen. They don't work. No, we don't know why they are there. Please
note that NetLibrary books cannot be downloaded due to copyright
law, but individual pages can be printed. The advanced search on
Net Library accepts Boolean operators. If you do not know how to
do a Boolean search, see Search
Techniques.
Optics
Letters (full-text) You can search by Boolean operators
or by OCIS keywords.
Oxford Reference Online Premium (full-text) Great quick reference
for defining concepts, word translations, country flags and timelines
in a wide variety of studies. Just plug your search term into the
Quick Search. An Advanced Search is also available. Oxford
University Press (full-text from 1996) - OUP Makes you
work before you can search! On the first screen of OUP, scroll to
the bottom and see where it says Sort By on the
lower right side. Set the radio button to Newest First.
Notice also that you can limit your search to just one journal or
to one subject area in the middle of the search screen. After you
do a search, and select an article from your search results screen,
in most cases a PDF will open in a window on the left side of the
screen. You can return to your search results by clicking the back
button or by clicking the blue button labeled Search Result
on the right side of the frame.
Physical
Review Letters (full-text) Allows searching or browsing
all the way back to issue number one in 1958.
Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences (full-text) Full-text
coverage goes back to 1996.
Science
Resource Center (GaleNet) (full-text)
Keyword search or select your area of interest from a list of topics.
Notice that results lists come with five tabs at the top: Reference,
Magazines, Academic Journals, Newspapers, Multimedia and Websites.
Timelines, Dictionaries and Tools are available on the right side
of the home screen.
Smithsonian
Physical Tables (full-text) - The entire book is in
PDF format.
Wilson
Web (some full-text) - The Advanced Search screen automatically
loads. If you do no know how to do a Boolean search, see Search
Techniques. The blue Start button is on the
right. Below the Start button, notice the option to Limit
to Full Text. You may also use Subject Area,
to limit your search to a particular area if you get too many results
by searching ALL.
Indexes:
Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts Technology Databases (citation only) The link will take you to an screen listing all of the Technological databases at CSA. Place check marks in the boxes by the databases you wish to search all at once, and then click "Continue to Search" at the bottom left of your screen.
Use Boolean operators to compose your search. If you do not know how to
do a Boolean search, see Search
Techniques.
When your search results are displayed, click on the title of the article to see the abstract. Remember to return to your results by clicking the link in the top center of the page that says "Return to Results," instead of using the back button. Click the words "Check Your Library," located beneath each item on your search results list, to see if that article is available on campus.
FirstSearch
(citation only) - Enter your search terms in the "Search For" field. Then select a database to search. You can only search one database at a time. For that reason, it is better to use the scroll box to select a Database rather than a Topic. Use Jump to Advanced Search if you need to search on more than one keyword at once. To order an Interlibrary Loan from any of the FirstSearch databases, scroll down to the middle of the record for the item you wish to order and click the link next to this image:  .
MathSciNet
(citation only) from the American Mathematical Society. The site
indexes articles in hundreds of mathematical journals - not just
the ones published by AMS. Even though the search results list has
tabs marked "Linked PDF" and "Article" full-text
articles are NOT available from this database. Site offers
Boolean searching. Under Current Awareness on the left menubar you
can review the titles of new articles and books by subject.
Online
Journals
Journal
Finder is a list of all of the journals SBC has in full
text through database subscriptions. Type in your journal title
and the finder will locate the journal you need. For more journal
subscriptions that are in print or on microform, connect to LION
to check the SBC Library catalog for holdings information on the
journals you need. If the journal is NOT held by
the SBC Library, request the articles you need on Interlibrary Loan.
The form is here.
Books
in the Sweet Briar College Library
To find books on your topic, connect to LION
and use the Subject Keyword search field. We can order books on
Interlibrary
Loan (ILL) from all area libraries. Please check LION
before requesting an ILL book. If we have the book on campus your
ILL request will not be filled. Check both LION
and Journal Finder
before requesting an ILL journal article. If the article is on campus
or is available to you electronically through Journal
Finder your ILL request will not be filled.
RefWorks
RefWorks
is a database that organizes your "works cited" to create
quick bibliographies for your papers. It allows you to change your
entire bibliography from APA to MLA style (or many other styles)
in a snap, without fussing with formats or punctuation.
Just
go to RefWorks.
The first time you go there you will have to "Sign up for an
individual account." Once you sign up and login, click on the
References tab in the upper left corner of the screen.
On
the drop-down menu tool bar choose "Add New Reference."
On the following screen, start by selecting your prefered bibliographic
style (e.g. APA, Chicago, MLA, etc.) Then designate the type of
reference you are entering (e.g. journal, book or dissertation,
etc.) under Ref Type. Field names marked with a red asterisk indicate
required information needed to produce an accurate bibliography
for the selected output style and reference type. Click "Save"
when finished.
You
can Import references from selected databases. Importing allows
you to bring in multiple references at one time. Check the RefWorks
list of Supported Databases to see which products
will allow you to export multiple references to RefWorks.
If
you have any problems using RefWorks you can
check out their helpful online tutorials
or download the SBC Library RefWorks Handout. Please call a librarian
at x6307, x6306 or x6315 for a one-on-one training session.
Engineering
On the Web
If you have
comments, questions, or would like to add a site, write to me.
Lisa N. Johnston (email: lnjohnston at sbc dot edu), Associate Director/ Head of Public Services, Sweet
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