Subscription
Databases
American Film Scripts (ASP) (full-text) Allows searches limited
by Age When Writing, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Production Company,
Theater Name and many others. The search options are unusually varied. HELP is available at all times on the upper right side of the screen.
Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) (full-text) -The Advanced Search screen automatically
loads. If you do no know how to do a Boolean search, see Search
Techniques. You can refine your search and get fewer results by using the tools in the left and right menu bars.
ebrary - (full-text) A large colleciton of full-text books.
Factiva
- (full-text) What's fun about it?
You can find tv show reviews, movie reviews
and music reviews from
top newspapers.
First,
you have to remember to use Internet Explorer (not Netscape)
to get into Factiva. Netscape will not work. On the first screen
of Factiva, ignore everything before the words Free Text, which
will be on the blue/grey bar. Type your search terms in the text
box by the words Free Text.
Important:
The default search on Factiva is a phrase search. If you want
to do a Boolean AND search, you must type the word "and."
Click
on Run Search. Select an item from your list of
search results. To return to your list of search results DO NOT
CLICK THE BACK BUTTON. Instead, look on the upper right side
of the screen. Just above the top, right corner of your article
you will see the words Return to Headlines in blue. Click
there to return to your list of search results. (On
an Apple computer, Return to Headlines may be located
on the upper left.)
Lexis-Nexis People (full-text) - Remember
that Lexis-Nexis sources are mainly newspapers, so only fairly famous
people will be found in this database. Be sure to Select Source in the pull down menu - there are MANY sources of biographical material in this database and you may need to tailor your search to a source that matchs your person's job or nationality.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) (some full-text) -The Advanced Search screen automatically
loads. If you do no know how to do a Boolean search, see Search
Techniques. You can refine your search and get fewer results by using the tools in the left and right menu bars.
Opposing Viewpoints (GaleNet) (full-text) Use the basic search or choose from a list of popular topics. Advanced search is available on the top menu bar. Articles can be translated into other languages and citations will export to RefWorks.
Reader's
Guide Full-Text (WilsonWeb) (full-text) On your list of search results, the Wilson Link button allows you to export citation to RefWorks.
Indexes:
Reader's
Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 (WilsonWeb) - (citation only) On your list of search results, the Wilson Link button allows you to export citation to RefWorks. After you collect your citations from Reader's Guide Retrospective, you will have to go to Journal Finder to locate the articles either online or in Sweet Briar College Libary's Wick Storage facility. If you do not know how to do this, please contact Liz Kent (x6315), Joe Malloy (x6307) or Lisa Johnston (x6306) .
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.
Entertainment
On the Web
Fun
Reads
Gaming
Movies
Music
- All
Music - biographies, links to "more music like this"
feature and photos
Television
Whatever!
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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