Lesson 6: Using Articles - Part II
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Using Articles, Part II
Week 6
We’ll cover…
• What are APPROPRIATE scholarly journal articles?
• How to Use ProQuest
• How to Use Academic Search Elite
Articles in Scholarly Journals
• Research and Analysis Articles– Original work– By subject matter
experts– Often peer reviewed– Always includes
sources
• Book Reviews
• Opinion Pieces/Letters to Editor
• Anonymous
Finding APPROPRIATE
Scholarly Journal Article
Scholarly Journal
Table of Contents
Types of Articles• Research/Analysis
• Book Reviews
• Comment & Correspondence• Editorials• Opinion Pieces• Letters to the Editor
• Some may be Anonymous
Research/Analysis Article
• Tends to be a longer article• May include charts/graphs/tables• Includes sources/references
Book Review
Opinion/Commentary
Editorial
Letter to Editor
Anonymous
To Help You Determine…
How to use...• ProQuest • Academic Search
Elite
• GENERAL RESEARCH• GOOD PLACE TO START
In BOTH databases…
• Default screen = ADVANCED SEARCH
• Default search = KEYWORD
• Can also search by AUTHOR, ARTICLE TITLE, PERIODICAL TITLE, and SUBJECT and any combination of those
(e.g., AUTHOR AND TITLE)
• Can use TRUNCATION – with *
In BOTH interfaces:
• SAVE
If you can’t find full text in…
• ProQuest • Academic Search Elite
1. Click on FindIt! Button2. See if we have it full text in any other database(s)3. If not, see if we have the periodical in print [Do a search in DuCat for PRINT holdings]4. Order the article through ILLiad (inter library loan)
What if NOT full text in any database?
• Do we have it in PRINT?
• If not, try to order thru ILLiad
How to search in...• ProQuest • Academic Search
Elite
• GENERAL RESEARCH• GOOD PLACE TO START
Keyword Search
Searches for keyword terms in all the fields of the database record, as well as the article text (if available).
Author/Title Search
If you have an article citation and want to look for the full text of the article in ProQuest.
Subject SearchProQuest suggests SUBJECTS:
Can also do a SUBJECT search by using terms that ProQuestconsiders to be a SUBJECT
SUBJECT = CONTROLLED VOCABULARY
List of Results
Searching in Academic Search Elite
Keyword Search
Default search is KEYWORD search.
Author/Title Search
Author last name and part of article title should do the trick.If not, add more detail – e.g., first name, more of title, etc.
Subject Search
1. Article records includeSUBJECT TERMS usedby Ebsco
2. Can browse for SUBJECT TERMS used by Ebsco
3. Can search withSUBJECT TERMS.
SUBJECT TERM = CONTROLLED VOCABULARY
List of Results
Search with NO LIMIT on article type.
Search limited to SCHOLARLY (Peer Reviewed)JOURNALS only.
See the Demo Videos
• Demonstration of real searches using databases at Duquesne
• How to access and search– ProQuest Central– Academic Search Elite
Try out…
• If you feel comfortable using ProQuest Central and Academic Search Elite
• Try two of our Health Science databases– ProQuest Health Management– Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
(Ebsco)
