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Subscription Databases

ABI Inform (some full-text in Business topics) - Go to the tab marked Advanced Search and click there to begin. Notice that in the Recent Search link (located to the upper right of the Advanced Search form after you have done at least two searches) you can combine searches you've already completed earlier in the same session. Notice also that your search results are divided by tabs into articles from Scholarly Journals, Magazines, Trade Publications, and Newspapers. Items you place in your Marked List can be printed, emailed or exported to citation management software. You may also format Marked List items, selecting from MLA, APA, Turabian or AMA.

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 News (full-text) - Allows you to search by industry, subject or region. You may also use Boolean search techniques or natural language.

New York Times Historical Newspapers 1851-2002 (ProQuest) - (full-text) PDFs of actual newspaper pages are fully searchable. Allows you to limit searches to specific time periods.

Newsbank (full-text) offers newspapers from Virginia, major U.S. papers, and newspapers from the United Kingdom and Asia. It doesn't matter which link you choose on the first page - you will have to custom select the newspapers that interest you on the second screen. The coverage dates for each newspaper are shown to the right of the titles. If you do not wish to search papers from Virginia, or USA Today, you will have to de-select these titles. Click on "More Options," to the right of the Search button for an Advanced Search. Newsbank accepts Boolean operators. If you do no know how to do a Boolean search, see Search Techniques.

Washington Post Historical Newspapers (1877 - 1989) - (fulltext) Search allows you to limit to specific years.

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.

News Resources 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 Briar College LibraryRevised 2/08.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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