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Finding articles using keywords in databases and indexes
Most times when you are doing research (or other assignments) you may not know the exact
journal names. In these cases you can use article databases and indexes to search on your area of
interest. The databases will then let you know which journals contain articles that are relevant to
your search. These journals may be available either in electronic or print formats.
Go to the library’s web
site
www.msvu.ca/library
Click on Article
Databases
Click on your area of
study.
Depending on your
topic you may wish to
check resources under
more than one subject
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Click on the
database you wish to
search
Academic Search
Premier will be used
The most relevant
databases are at the top
of the page.
Depending on your
specific topic some
will be more useful
than others
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to university regulations governing
computer use.
If you do not have a username
and password please contact us
for more information on how to
receive your own network
information.
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Use the Thesaurus feature if you
need help with your keywords (see
Type your search tips on the next page)
keywords and
click Search
Default fields will search
in authors, subjects,
keywords, title info
(including journal title)
and abstracts and is good
for a wide search
The ‘SU Descriptors(All)
will search only for subject
areas and is good for a
more specific search
An example of results for articles
Choose sort by Relevance
Click on Academic journals to eliminate
magazines
Note the article name, journal name, date,
volume, issue, and page numbers. You will
need these to cite the reference.
Click on Full Text to view the article
If your You may also see Check E-Journals (A-Z list). If “title is held in print at the
results are See page 5 for more information on how to use MSVU library” then request
too wide, the “check E-Journals” page. the article from
you may distancelibrary@msvu.ca. The
narrow by article will be scanned and
subject. made available for you to
download.
Be sure to provide the full
citation, i.e. author, article
title, journal name, year,
volume, issue, page number.
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If your keyword did not produce any results click on
Search Tips: Subject Terms
1. Use the Thesaurus
Type the key word in the
Browse for box.
This will let you know what
other terms this database
might use.
For example browsing on
Aged suggest that terms like
older people should be used
instead.
It is also a good way to find
out if your term is spelt
differently.
2. Use database shortcuts when typing in your keywords
Truncation:
In many databases the use of the symbol: * can be used to cover different word endings
For example, manage* also retrieves managed, mangages, manager, managerial,
management etc.
Wildcards
In Ebsco a ? can be used as a wild card. It will stand for any character
For example, wom?n will retrieve woman and women
Proximity
In Ebsco databases you may find words that fall close to each other with the use of n and
a number between two words
e.g. older people n8 government policies
You will get records that contain government policies affect the lives of older people…
and older people were affected by the following government policies…, and any record
that has classroom and management within 8 words of each other.
Note: it is important that you leave the search setting as default fields when you do a
proximity search.
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FINDING JOURNALS
On the results page if you click on the Check E-journals link the following steps will lead you to
your article
The journal with your article will
appear on the page
To see the journal click on
the name of database (bright
blue) that has the journal.
Note: the dates available are
shown to the left of the link.
Check your article for what
year it was published.
Please Note: The screens will be different for each of the databases but the basic concepts of
browsing and searching will be the same.
You may use the Quick Search within this publication to search for topics that are
of interest to you within this Journal only (i.e. you will find articles in this journal
and not any other journal).
Or, you may click on the
year to browse the list of
journals published in that
year
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