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Welcome to McMillen Library
March 12, 2013
“Imagine a library filled with hundreds and thousands of
magazines or journals, often dating back twenty or more years. Add to that hundreds of reference books, monographs, and primary source documents. With a single search term or phrase in the database Find field, the researcher can search the entire collection in a second or two. The results (articles) will appear on the researcher’s computer screen to be printed, emailed, saved, etc. “
“Licensed from reputable publishers, these materials offer a reliable alternative to the sometimes questionable results from general search engines.”
Online Databases
(“Digital information literacy ruberic,” 2012)
McMillen Library Webpage
Select “Online Databases” to find our online resources
Does anyone have a paper topic chosen?
Library Resources
Search issues in SIRS
Find a paper topic
SIRS
SIRS
Library Resources
Ebsco host
Materials available
Magazines Journals Newspapers Ebooks
Search Features Basic, Advanced, Visual, History Thesaurus (Subject Descriptors)
Limiters Full-Text Peer-reviewed Language Date of publication, and many others
Ebsco Host
Boolean Search: AND, NOT, OR Limiters (Narrow your results) Thesaurus Truncation, * Use of quotation marks Choose search field Save relevant materials in Folder
Database Features
Boolean Search
ANDORNOT
Narrow Search Results
Date of publication Publication name Language Full-text Peer-reviewed
Limiters
Advantages
Easy to use Describe the “aboutness” of a resource High relevance and precision Retrieve relevant sources regardless of spelling
Disadvantages The “Browse” search bar can be confusing You have to use the authorized terms in the list
Natural language may not be in the index Sometimes current phrases or topics have not yet
been added to the thesaurus
Thesaurus
Credo Inspire Mergent Online ProQuest Ebrary Culturegrams SIRS DSM-IV-TR
Other Databases
Purdue OWL Indiana Tech
LibGuide: Citing Sour
ces and Using Style Guides
Style Guide and Citations
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