general database research

Academic Research At the

Regents Center Library

Database & Online

Search Process

Lissa Lord llord@ku.edu Spring, 2012 1

Regents Center Library http://www.lib.ku.edu/RCLibrary/

University of Kansas http://www.ku.edu

Edwards Campus http://edwardscampus.ku.edu/

Dissertation Research Blog http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com

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We need to know this: (1) Use databases to find articles

(2) Request (WebRetrieve) full text articles from abstracts if

you didn’t find the full text article

(3) Use Google Scholar from the list of library databases

(4) Find books using the online catalog and request delivery

to Edwards Campus

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Using databases to find articles

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http://www.lib.ku.edu

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Note:

Course: Engineering Management

Databases: Look at Business

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Business and Management

Don’t use

Quick

Search for

advanced

research and

EndNote

citation

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Example of a business database:

ABI/INFORM

Search: engineering management

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Notice that you can narrow the results to selected categories like Dissertations,

Scholarly Journals, Trade Publications, etc.

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You can select Suggested Topics for a

different perspective on your research

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Note: 1) Title of Journal and Author of article

2) Peer Reviewed

3) Full text

4) Formatting choice: HTML or PDF

5) Print, Email, Cite this

6) References (37) and Cited by (1): what is

the difference? 12

Use

Web Retrieve If you can’t find an article or book

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No full text? Try “Get at KU”

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If you still didn’t get a full text article, don’t

forget to select “Request a copy from

Interlibrary Loan” which takes you to a form

that begins the process to get the requested

article to your email FAST 15

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What happens next? The library will locate the article and send you an email with a link to the PDF article you requested (99% of the time)

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1.Make the first search general

2.Limit the results by using specific detail: scholarly journals, date published, etc.

3.Sort results by relevance to your key words or Sort results by date for most recent articles

4.Good results? Follow up with: Alert / Save / Share

General Search Suggestions

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Google Scholar

A good way to search scholarly articles

using the Google search strategy

Note: search Google Scholar from the

Libraries list of databases

Why? KU Libraries have partnered

with Google to connect your search

results with the Libraries databases.

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Select G for

Google Scholar

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University of Kansas

When not using a library computer remember to

select Preferences and Find Library by typing

in University of Kansas to allow Google to work

with KU’s databases. This gives you access to

our databases through Google.

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Date restriction

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An optional search that includes legal

opinions and journals with the search on

“marketing ethics”

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Google Scholar has the option to search for Articles AND Law Reviews AND Legal Opinions. Marketing Ethics seems to be a “hot topic.” --- a good research topic.

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Does the library have electronic journals? Yes.

KU Libraries Homepage http://www.lib.ku.edu

Select: E-journals Search by title of the journal Search by subject

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Finding Books Library Catalog Deliver to Edwards Campus

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You can limit the

publication to “last 5 years”

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http://catalog.lib.ku.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

5 years

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Want this book?

Click on “Recalls &

Requests” to request that

this book be delivered to

Edwards Campus. You will

be notified by email when

the book is in the Regents

Center Library ready to be

picked up by you so bring

your KU Photo ID to check

it out.

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This will

help:

Research

Handout has

resources

listed that

you can

carry

forward

through

your

academic

career. 34

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Find articles through the libraries Databases

Find books through the Catalog

Find research news through the Blog

Questions?

Ask the Librarian

Lissa Lord

llord@ku.edu

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