Project ManagementDatabase & Online

Search ProcessAt the

Regents Center Library

Lissa Lord llord@ku.eduSpring 2014

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We need to know this:(1) Find articles using databases (found in the Subject

Guides and at the bottom of the Libraries’ homepage –

www.lib.ku.edu)

(2) How to request full text articles if we find only abstracts

(WebRetrieve)

(3) How to use Google Scholar from the list of library

databases

(4) How to use the online catalog to find books and request

delivery to Edwards Campus3

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http://www.lib.ku.edu

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Project Management is searched in General Business Sources

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Link

Select this title

Notice the options for more information about this article and subject.

We have looked at:1.How to cite this article in A.P.A.2.References at the end of this article, some with hyperlinks.3.Articles that have cited this article in their own references4.Full text PDF

Link

What if KU did not have the full text of this article available?

You would complete the “Request Not Available” form and receive a link to this article in PDF sent to your email

Select the Jayhawk if you can get only the abstract and not full-text of the article. The process of getting the full-text article is called: WebRetrieve.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar from the list of Databases

Here Google Scholar links to the Libraries’ databases

1. Go to the Libraries’ homepage2. Find databases at the bottom of the screen3. Select the letter “G”4. Scan the resulting list for “Google Scholar”

Want this book fast?Use the Catalog!

http://www.lib.ku.edu

What happens next?Your book will arrive at the Edwards Campus, Regents Center Library, within 24 to 48 hours of your request. You will get an email telling you it has arrived.

Does the library have eJournals for Project Management?

http://www.lib.ku.edu

There are hundreds of journals in the Business category. Try your luck, type in Project Management as a title.

Double check the publication information. It is not always up to date.

Link

Most recent contents of the journal, Project Management

Just the abstract?

Where’s the full text?

And, then what happens?

You will get an email with a link pointing to this article within a few days.

This is the email I received through WebRetrieve.

This is where the link took me

We have looked at:

How to find articles using the libraries’ databases by looking at a subject guide and by using the libraries’ list of databases listed on the homepage http://www.lib.ku.edu

How to find e-Journals which are linked from the libraries’ homepage

When we find only the abstract of a journal title and we need full-text we can select the “Get at KU” Jayhawk and use WebRetrieve to get a link to the pdf full-text sent to our email account.

How to search the Library Catalog for a bookWe found a book in Google Books. Does the KU Libraries have this book?

How to request this book and have it sent to Edwards Campus

Questions?

Ask the librarian:Lissa Lord

llord@ku.edu

913-897-8556