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Databases
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.
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.
Factiva
- (full-text) 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.) If
you find an article that is perfect for your research, scroll to
the bottom of that article and click "More Like This," which you will
see in grey letters on the lower left. This will bring a new search
results list of articles similar to the one that was perfect for
your topic. Factiva offers online tutorials that will help you use their powerful, but complicated, search interface here.
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.
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.
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.
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