Thursday, September 6, 2012

Research Tools Summary


In the first tutorial it demonstrates how to find scholarly/full text articles by using article plus. A scholarly article, also known as a peer reviewed or academic articles, are made up of 7 parts: a title, authors, abstract, introduction, article text, conclusions and references. After typing an article keyword into the search bar you can further narrow it down to a scholarly article and full text.

In the next tutorial it demonstrates how to find a full text article when all you have is the citation. You can first look in the citation and identify the author, title of the journal, and year of publication. Furthermore you will click on the ALICE tab on the home page of the library, change the search to periodical title, and type in the title of the journal. After you receive your results, you click on the one with the specific year and volume and there you find your article. If you find that the article is unavailable you can request it to be sent to Alden Library for free.

You will find in the next tutorial how to request a book through OhioLINK. If you type in a book in the search bar and see that it is not available on campus all you have to do is hit request OhioLINK and it will be sent to you within 3-5 business days.

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