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Info Trac Features Many Full Text Articles Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Articles Video and audio files, transcripts Translates to Other Languages Print, Email, Save Citation Tools Social Bookmarks What Is It? Info Trac is a collection of databases that has magazine/journal articles, newspaper articles, and books on a variety of topics. Click or use the arrow keys to advance to the next slide
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This is a tutorial to learn how to search in the Infotrac databases.
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Info Trac
FeaturesMany Full Text Articles
Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Articles
Video and audio files, transcripts
Translates to Other Languages
Print, Email, Save
Citation Tools
Social Bookmarks
What Is It?
Info Trac is a collection of databases that has
magazine/journal articles, newspaper
articles, and books on a variety of topics.
Click or use the arrow keys to advance to the next slide
Forsyth Library Home Page (www.fhsu.edu/library)Select “Find Articles and
Databases” from under the Research Tab
Click here
Click here
Choose Info trac databases
Several databases are automatically selected. Search them all at once, or select only those databases you want, and click Continue.
Select Databases
Click Continue
3 Search Types are Available• Subject Search
– Search by main topic
• One Search– Quick basic search
• Advanced Search– Combine terms and add
limits for a more precise search
InfoTrac automatically opens to a Subject Search
These are the main topics (subject terms) that include the
words “global warming”
Click the + sign to see subdivisions of each topic
Subdivisions of Global Warming
Total number of articles about
global warming
Articles about the Economic Aspects of
Global Warming. Click the words
“Economic Aspect” to see the articles.
Subject Search Results List
Check “full-text” to see only those citations with links to
the complete article
Click on the title to see the article, plus links to articles on related subjects
One Search
Click “One Search”
One Search” search screen
One Search Results ListRefine by
adding keywords, moving the date slider, or limiting to
a specific database
Narrower & related subjects
Click the article title to see the full-text, if available
Advanced Search
Click Here
Why choose Advanced Search?
You can search multiple terms, connected with AND, OR, or
NOT
Or
Select where you want to search for your terms
Click the tips link for
more info on advance
searching
Instead of doing a broad
keyword search, try a
title, subject, or abstract search for results that focus on your
topic
Options for Limiting your Search
Do you need scholarly/peer-reviewed
articles? Graphics or photographs? Full-text (link to the complete
article)?
You can choose what format you need, such as audio,
video, language,
etc.
limit by date, publication
title or subject
Type Search
Terms Here
SelectAppropriate
Limits
Results of Search
Full Text Article
Photo and video results
Results are sorted by type
The green tab
indicates what results
are listed
For scholarly articles, click the Academic Journals tab
A Full-Text (HTML) Article looks like a Word Document
Options for working with this document are given in the Tools box
Change Translation Here
Click Play to Hear the Article Read Aloud
Print, e-mail, or download
Hear or download an audio recording of the article
Translate the print article into another language
Full Text (HTML) Article Translated into Simplified Chinese
Print or Download
Use Social Bookmarking Tools to share what you find
Citation Tools
Choose the citation style
Note: We do not supply this software. Only choose one if
you have purchased it yourself.
Citation Tools
ALWAYS check the accuracy of citations provided by a database, by using your style manual or checking with your instructor. These citations are NOT necessarily
correct.
-Warning-
Some articles are available in PDF format
A PDF Article looks just like it did in the print journal, and includes any graphics or images
Click the Printer Icon to Print the
Article or Click the File Icon to Save
the Article To Your Computer
Using LinkSource
InfoTrac contains only the abstract (summary) of some articles. Click
LinkSource to search other databases for the complete article.
LinkSource found the complete article in Science Direct
database
Some articles are not available in our databases.
This article was not found
Other ways to obtain articles
We may own the article in print. Search for the Journal Title
• If we do not own the article in print, we can try to get it
for you from another library. Just fill out an
Interlibrary Loan Request• http://www.fhsu.edu/library/ill/
in the Online Catalog to see if we have the issue you need, or check the A to Z list to see if it is full text in another database, or ask a librarian for help.
Creating a free account in InfoTrac
• You can create an account that will allow you to mark and save articles, save searches, and receive new search results by RSS feed or e-mail.
To learn how, click “Toolbox”, then click “Named User Tutorial”
Questions? Just ask!
Judy Salm628-4537 [email protected]
MaryAlice Wade628-4342 [email protected]
Lynn Haggard628-5566 [email protected]
Angela Barger628-4529 [email protected]
