Transcript Library Tutorial for Graduate Students in Humanities

Library Tutorial
for Humanities
Graduate Students
California State University
Dominguez Hills
Table of Contents
•
Introduction
•
Off Campus Access to Library Databases
& Introduction to Basics
•
Finding Journal Articles with Academic Search Premier
•
Finding Journal Articles with JSTOR
•
Finding an article if you already have a citation (finding a known
article)
•
Glossary
(Throughout the tutorial, a single click on an underlined blue word or phrase will
take you either to the Glossary or a website).
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Introduction
This tutorial provides information on the
online resources and services offered by the
California State University Dominguez Hills
University Library to students in on-campus
and distance learning Humanities courses.
English, History, Philosophy, Music and Art
students who need to find articles should
also find it useful!
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In this Tutorial you will learn to:
• use some of the many resources & services provided
by the California State University Dominguez Hills
Library.
• locate academic journal articles using major journal
article databases, Academic Search Premier and
JSTOR.
• understand and use library terms you will encounter
while using library resources.
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Getting The Most Out Of This
Tutorial
• We recommend that you read through all the slides in
this tutorial at least once before going to any of the
links.
• Let’s get started…
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Here’s the CSUDH Home Page:
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CSUDH Library Home Page
• To find the CSUDH Library home page from the
CSUDH home page, click on “library” in the
black menu bar.
• Note especially the following links on the
Library home page (on next slide):
 Journal Articles & Electronic Resources – access to
all CSUDH journal article databases and electronic
resources (in many subject areas in addition to
humanities and arts)
 Frequently Used Databases –fast access to Academic
Search Premier and JSTOR, the two databases we
visit in this tutorial!
 Services for Distance Students
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CSUDH Library Home Page
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Off Campus Access to Journal Article Databases:
off campus use of databases and electronic
resources is restricted to current CSUDH
students, staff and faculty.
use your user name and your password to log in
to Library databases and electronic resources
from off campus locations.
whenever you click on a Library database or
electronic resource that is restricted, you’ll see
a blue CSUDH authentication screen
(as illustrated in slide 11).
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Off Campus Access to Journal Article Databases
(cont’d.)
• Your 14-digit barcode ID number is made up of:
 the 5 digits 20550
followed by
 your 9-digit student ID number e.g. 20550xxxxxxxxx
• Your 14–digit barcode ID number used in combination with
your last name allows you to:
 access CSUDH online article databases and e-books
 use Interlibrary Loan to request articles for which full text
is not available
• If you are not able to access our databases with your
last name and 14 digit barcode ID number, call us at
(310) 243-2088 or email [email protected]
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This is what the CSUDH Library
Authentication (login) Screen looks like:
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CSUDH Journal Articles & Electronic Resources Page
(access to ALL databases to which we subscribe)
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Frequently Used Databases Page
(fast access to five most often used databases)
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Services for Distance Learning Students Page
(outlines services and links to librarian help)
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A Few Facts about Journal Article Databases
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Most databases require that you have a recent
version (7.0 or newer) of Adobe Acrobat Reader
installed on your computer to view PDF documents
you will find in your search results.
Each database contains a slightly different group
of journal titles (some journals may actually be
found in more than one database).
***Although they may provide you with information
about articles you would like to see, databases do not
always provide the full text of a desired article!***
Articles not available in full text in one database may
be available in another database or index.
Click the red and white “Find it @ CSUDH Library…”
button
after the article abstract
(summary) to find out.
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Library InterLibrary Loan Service
 “Interlibrary Loan” (“ILL”) is a library service that allows you
to request journal articles not available at CSUDH through our
Interlibrary Loan service.
 We will request journal articles you request via ILL from other
libraries and email them to you as soon as we receive them (this
may take a week or even longer, so do plan ahead!).
 If you are able to come to the CSUDH campus in person to pick
them up, you may also request books through ILL. However, if
you are a distance learning student who does not come to the
CSUDH campus for classes, you should request ILL service for
books from CSUDH and other libraries through your local public
library (for further details, please contact the Distance
Learning Librarian).
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If you have problems or questions, please
contact the Distance Learning Librarian
for help: [email protected]
310-243-2088
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You have now learned the basics of some
important CSUDH Library services!
Let’s move on to learn more about using
CSUDH Library online resources to get
articles you need.
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Finding Journal Articles via the
Library Home Page
Your papers and assignments will often require you to cite 3 to
5 recent, peer reviewed, articles on your topic.
Recent usually means published within the last 5 years.
Articles published in peer reviewed journals have
undergone a formal approval process; an editor and
one or more subject specialists review each article
before it is accepted for publication. They ensure that
the article is accurate, well researched and presented,
and that it is a legitimate contribution to the body of
knowledge in the field.
To find the most recent peer reviewed articles by
scholars and researchers, use CSUDH library
subscription databases: Academic Search Premier,
Project Muse, WilsonOmniFile and more!
When you need older peer-reviewed articles, JSTOR
is often a good database to try.
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What is Academic Search Premier?
• Academic Search Premier is a scholarly, multidisciplinary, full text database published by Ebsco
Publishing. It offers access to articles from over 4,500
periodicals, including more than 3,700 peer reviewed
publications, as well as indexing and abstracts for over
8,200 journals.
– Great place to begin a search for articles on
humanities topics as it points to articles in nearly
every category of academic study.
– Although links to many full text articles are available,
many Academic Search Premier citations include only
abstracts or references.
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Where is Academic Search Premier?
• the easiest way to get to Academic Search Premier:
- go to the CSUDH Library Home Page.
- under Electronic Databases on LH side of screen, click
“Frequently Used”.
- click on Academic Search Premier.
• you may also get to Academic Search Premier
through the “A-Z List” of electronic databases:
- go to the CSUDH Library Home Page.
- under Electronic Databases on LH side of screen,
click A-Z list.
- click on Academic Search Premier in the A-Z List.
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After clicking on the name of a database (such as Academic
Search Premier), you will see this Authentication (login) Screen:
1. Type last name here
2. Type 14-digit barcode
ID number here
2a. Number will appear as fat dots
so type carefully!
3. Click Submit
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Here’s the blank Academic Search Premier search page:
Type search terms into search boxes
Optional: Limit to desired dates & to peer reviewed
AND connector for joining search terms
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Do an actual search in Academic
Search Premier:
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Example: You need several recent articles from peer reviewed journals
on how postmodernism has influenced the work of historians.
•
Note that the main concepts in the topic stated above are underlined.
(Concepts are the different ideas which make up each unique search
topic). You can break down most topics into two or three main concepts.
•
Identify the most specific concept of your topic and search that one
first:
* If this first search finds only a few results, browse through
them to identify those relevant to your topic.
* If your first search retrieves too many references, do
another search and add another concept using the AND
connector to decrease your results (the next three screens
show this process).
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Databases are not case sensitive.
4048 results!
1.Academic Search Premier: 1st search term
(postmodernism) entered
Results appear in reverse chronological order (new
“Scholarly peer reviewed” box was checked before searching.
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2.Academic Search Premier: 2nd search term (historians) entered:
Combining second search term with first search term
and combining with AND reduced results a lot!
Note Thesaurus terms
(subject headings) on LH side of resul
84 results!
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3. Academic Search Premier: search terms searched as
Subject Terms to focus search on relevant articles:
This search located only 16 results, all of which have both of our
search terms as their subject headings :
Note these subject headings
(might be useful in subsequent
searches):
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Academic Search Premier Search Results
(3rd search):
Citation
and Abstract
No. 5 article looks good. Click on PDF Full Text at end
of this record.
Here’s what the beginning of the five page
PDF Full Text article (#5 on previous slide) looks like:
Click these icons to
print or save (don’t use
your browser’s “File”
menu commands!)
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Obtaining a Full Text Article that appears to be
unavailable from the database…
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“Find it at CSUDH”
is a built-in resource to
help you locate full text articles that are not contained in the
database you are searching.
•
The
button will often lead to links to the
article in other databases or to other means of obtaining an
individual article.
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Sometimes the article you need is available in print or on
microfilm at the CSUDH Library. Clicking the “Find it at
CSUDH” icon will help you determine whether the Library owns
what you need. Contact [email protected] if you need an article
scanned and emailed to you.
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Sometimes the article you need is not owned by the CSUDH
Library. You may request it through interlibrary loan or contact
[email protected].
Contact [email protected] with questions about print or microfilm
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Red and white “Find it at CSUDH” buttons
are located at the end of most records.
Here’s result #1 from our
postmodernism and historians
search.
Note red and white
“Find it @
CSUDH Library” button.
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Below is what we see after clicking the
CSUDH actually has this article in the database
Science Direct (Elsevier). Click to get it!
button.
A smaller window opens, with information
about where the article may be…
.
Click to get the full
text of the article.
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What if there is no direct link to the
article full text?
Here’s result # 4 from our second Academic Search
Premier search (slide 25):
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Here’s what we see this time after clicking the
button:
This is an article CSUDH does not own.
Click to request an Interlibrary Loan OR email [email protected].
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How can I learn more about using
Academic Search Premier ?
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A brief video tutorial with narration created by EBSCO, the
publisher of Academic Search Premier, is available here:
Academic Search Premier Advanced Search tutorial
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You will need Adobe Flash to view the tutorial: Download Flash
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What is JSTOR?
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JSTOR (Journal Storage) is a continuously growing archive of
almost 1400 scholarly journals, many of which cover humanities
topics such as Art & Art History, Classical Studies, Education,
History, Language & Literature, & Music History and Philosophy.
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When a journal appears in JSTOR, all articles are available in PDF
full text from the first issue of the journal to the most current
one (up to a three to five year "moving wall“ that excludes the full
text of newer issues). However, newer issues are often available in
other databases we carry).
Because JSTOR is a full text database, you won’t see any red and
white “Find it @ CSUDH Library” buttons in JSTOR.
Unlike most databases (such as Academic Search Premier), JSTOR
does not use subject headings, so your early searches may not be as
precise as you would like!
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Where is JSTOR?
•
the easiest way to get to JSTOR:
- go to the CSUDH Library Home Page.
- under Electronic Databases on LH side of screen,
click “Frequently Used”.
- click on JSTOR.
•
you may also get to JSTOR
through the “A-Z List” of electronic databases:
- go to the CSUDH Library Home Page.
- under Electronic Databases on LH side of screen,
click A-Z list.
- click on “J” and click on JSTOR in the A-Z List.
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After clicking on the name of a database, you may
see this Library Authentication (login) Screen:
1. Type last name here
2. Type 14-digit barcode
ID number here
2a. Number will appear as fat dots
so type carefully!
3. Click Submit
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Do an actual search in JSTOR:
•
Example: just as in the previous segment on Academic Search Premier, you need
several recent articles from peer reviewed journals on how postmodernism has
influenced the work of historians.
•
Note that the main concepts in the topic stated above are underlined. (Concepts
are the different ideas which make up each unique search topic). You can break
down most topics into two or three main concepts.
•
Identify the most specific concept of your topic and search that one first:
* If this first search finds only a few results, browse through
them to identify those relevant to your topic.
* If your first search retrieves too many references, do
another search and add another concept using the AND
connector to decrease your results (the next three screens
show this process).
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Optional: Limit to desired dates & to article
Type search terms into search boxes
Here’s the top part of the blank JSTOR
search page:
Note: default is search of full text of all articles.
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Here’s the lower part of the blank JSTOR
search page:
Optional: Scroll down and click beside discipline(s)
you want to search: History
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Databases are not case sensitive.
1. JSTOR: 1st search term (postmodernism) entered
788 results!
Default is to sort results by relevance
(change to date if desired)
Be sure to click “Modify Search”
to return to search screen -- don’t
use your “Back” arrow!
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2. JSTOR: 2nd search term (historians) entered
Combining second search term with first search term
and combining with AND reduced results only somewhat…to 538!
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What now??? How about a
proximity search?
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when you search the full text of articles as you usually do in JSTOR, your results
may contain many irrelevant records. However, here’s something to consider: the
closer two words are to each other in an article, the more likely it is that they
are related to each other in some way.
This means we may find more relevant articles by specifying that our search
terms occur closer together in articles we get in search results.
This type of searching is called proximity searching.
JSTOR lets us find terms that are within a specific number of words from each
other using the tilde (~) to specify a proximity search.
The tilde ~ works in the search to select only articles where proximity (closeness)
of search terms is 10 or fewer words.
For instance, to search postmodernism and historians within ten words of each
other, arrange your search terms exactly like this:
“postmodernism historians”~10
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try a few successive searches to see how decreasing or increasing the number
after the tilde (~) affects your results.
Double quotes
around search terms
No and needed
between search terms
No spaces
before or after tilde~
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3. JSTOR Search Results (3rd search, proximity search
done with ~10):
52 results--time to start looking through
and evaluating results...
Another possible and more restrictive search:
click Modify Search
and enter “postmodernism historians”~5
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Let’s look at the full text of result #8:
Warning: Clicking on the title of the article
does not work…
you will see only one page of the article at a a time!
To see and print the complete article,
click on PDF!
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Here’s what the beginning of the
PDF article (result #8 by Patterson) looks like:
Click these icons to
save or print (don’t use
your browser’s “File”
menu commands.)
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How can I learn more about using JSTOR?
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A brief video tutorial with narration, created by JSTOR, is
available here (once you have clicked, choose the video format
that works best for you):
http://tinyurl.com/cmxcoo
•
Here’s another narrated tutorial created by librarian Richard
Baer of Camosun College:
http://liontv.blip.tv/file/541319/
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What if I already have the citation for a specific article?
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If you think your article may be in a journal that JSTOR
contains, log in to JSTOR and click the “Citation Locator” tab
(just above the Advanced Search area).
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If you think you know which database contains the journal
article you need, log in to that database and try the strategy
outlined in Part A of the Find a Specific article page.
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If you don’t know which database to try for the journal you
need, try the strategy outlined in Part B of the Find a Specific
article page.
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Other good databases (in addition to Academic Search Premier
and JSTOR) are available for Humanities topics. Searching in
these databases could possibly lead you to more articles on your
topic.
Here are some possibilities:
America : History and Life: major database in North American history;
includes citations and abstracts of over 2000 journals; 1982+; some links
to full text in other databases.
Historical Abstracts indexes materials published since the 1970s, but also
covers world history from prehistory through modern times.
Project Muse: full text of over 50 scholarly history journals.
Social Sciences Full Text: indexing and articles from over 100 history
journals.
WilsonWeb: selected full text of over 4000 Humanities and Social
Sciences journals.
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What to do when you run into trouble:
I can’t log in!
 make sure you're typing your last name on the login screen exactly as it's
spelled in your MyCSUDH record.
 make sure you're typing all 14 numbers of your 14 digit Library barcode ID
number correctly (you can't see the numbers as you type them -- you see
only a row of dots).
 if your computer is set up to remember your 14 digit barcode ID number from
session to session, try overriding the "remembered" number and retyping all
14 digits.
 make sure you're typing all 14 digits (20550 followed by all nine digits of your
campus ID number).
 For more help, try How to Log in to the Databases from Off-Campus.
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What to do when you run into trouble:
(cont’d.)
I can’t find any articles on my topic!
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Check your spelling and typing.
Check the Thesaurus or Subject Guide of the database to find more
or different search terms
Use different keywords or synonyms.
Check any search options or limits you might have used (such as “Published Date”,
Publication Date, Full Text, etc.) and remove one or more of these.
Try a different database.
Check the Find Articles Online page for help.
Ask a Librarian! ([email protected]).
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Congratulations!
Now you are able to access the
CSUDH Library’s article databases!
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Need More Help?
Having difficulty accessing or using databases?
Call or email the Distance Learning Librarian:
310-243-2088
[email protected]
During Fall and Spring semesters, the CSUDH library is open:
Monday – Thursday, 8:00 am – 10 pm
Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, noon – 6 pm
*hours vary between semesters; call 310-243-3714
to check current hours.
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Glossary
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Glossary - A
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Academic journal articles:
-articles found in periodicals that are considered scholarly.
Academic journal articles differ from popular or news magazines
in that they cite their sources in footnotes or bibliographies.
Articles from academic journals are preferred for student
research (see also: Peer reviewed).
Abstract:
-a brief, non-evaluative summary of the main points in an
article or book, often found as part of the record of an item
found in a database search.
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Glossary - B
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Book catalog:
-libraries used to use card catalogs, searchable by title,
subject or author, to locate items they owned. In the late
20th century, libraries began to use computer records to
organize and search for items owned. Most libraries now use
electronic databases, usually called “online catalogs”, to search
for their holdings. The CSUDH online catalog for books and
other library holdings is called Torofind. It is available on the
Internet through the CSUDH Library home page at
http://library.csudh.edu/. Searching in an online catalog allows
great flexibility in that it is possible to search by keyword and
call number and to specify location, format and language.
Glossary - B (continued)
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Bookmark (used both as a noun and a verb)
A list of favorite web pages (URLs) saved in your browser so
you have quick and easy access to them later. Some browsers
(such as Netscape and Firefox) call these saved URLs
“Bookmarks”, while Internet Explorer calls them “Favorites”.
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Glossary - C
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Call number:
-most academic libraries use the Library of Congress
Classification System to specify a book’s location within the
library collection. The LC (Library of Congress) system groups
books of similar subject matter together and assigns each
subject a combination of letters and numbers. Every book is
labeled with its appropriate LC call number to indicate where it
should be placed on the shelf. The LC number is usually typed
on a white label and glued or taped on the book’s spine or front
cover. An example of an LC call number is RT82 .K43 2002.
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Circulating item:
Any item a library owns that can be checked out and removed
from the library for personal use for a designated time period
is a circulating item.
Glossary - C (continued)
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Citation:
-basic information about an item such as a book, article, or
website. Once you have the citation, you can use the
information to locate the item. The basic elements of a citation
are: Author, Title and Publication information. Journal article
citations also usually include volume and issue numbers as well as
exact page numbers of the article. When writing research
papers, authors cite their sources so their readers are able to
find the identical items used for in research done for the
paper.
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Glossary - C (continued)
• CSUDH Journals List (“Journals We Have”)
The CSUDH Library maintains the Journals List web page so
students can search for a journal by title and link to a database
where the full text may be found.
The Journals List will also indicate when a journal is available in
print or microfilm format, as well as alerting users that a
particular journal is unavailable in the Library.
Glossary - D
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Database:
-an electronic medium in which information can be stored and
retrieved by searching.
• Journal article database: contains citations, abstracts,
full text articles, images and other files, available by
subscription from publishers and searchable by a variety of
criteria. Online journal databases are the electronic
counterpart of print journal collections. Publishers load
journal contents into a database to make the contents
available for online access. Libraries subscribe to electronic
databases to provide their users with online access to the
contents of the databases.
• Databases usually contain archives (back issues) and current
articles from a wide variety of journals.
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Glossary - D (continued)
•
Download:
-process whereby data files from external sources (flash
drives, websites, email attachments, etc.) are transferred into
your computer. You may read and delete these incoming files or
save them (to your desktop, hard drive, flash drive, etc.) as
required.
Glossary - E
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Electronic book
Entire books are now available through CSUDH Library’s
subscription to several electronic book providers. Watch
for records of electronic books in results of your Torofind
online catalog searches.
This image will appear under the title of the book:
An Electronic Version is available!
Glossary - F
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Full text:
-usually refers to the online presence of a complete article or
other information, although may also be used to refer to an
article found in print or microfilm on library shelves. Full text
indicates that the entire article is available in addition to a
citation and/or summary of the article’s content.
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Glossary - G
Glossary - H
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Hits:
-items returned to your screen once search terms have been
submitted to a database search engine; also often called
“records” or “results”.
Glossary - I
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Information literacy:
-the ability to find, evaluate and use information in an
effective and appropriate way.
Glossary - I (continued)
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Interlibrary Loan (ILL):
-service
that most libraries offer when they do not own the
item you need. Once you make a request for something not in
the local collection, your library issues a request to another
library which owns the item you need. Once your library obtains
the item you need, the lending library loans it to your library
for a brief period. CSUDH Interlibrary Loan Services are here.
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Glossary - J
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Journals:
-a medium of formal written communication used by special
groups, learned societies and professions to share research
and engage in dialog on topics of interest. Journals contain
articles contributed by experts and scholars and are published
periodically (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.).
Journals are published in print, microform and electronic
formats (see also: Peer reviewed).
Glossary - K
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Keyword searching:
-most databases allow for keyword searching. Keywords are
the words that describe your topic. Depending upon how specific
your topic is, you can usually describe it with two or three
nouns.
Glossary - L
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Library resources:
-items the library purchases for the benefit of its users,
primarily books, videos, sound recordings, computer software,
journal, newspaper and database subscriptions and internet
access.
“Links”
-abbreviation for “hyperlinks”; these often appear as blue
words on web pages. When you click on them, they take you
to another place on the page or to another web site.
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Glossary - P
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PDF: Short for Portable Document Format, a computer file format that makes it
possible to view on your computer monitor documents that look exactly like the
sender or publisher intended them to look, e.g., a PDF version of a journal article
looks on your screen exactly like the original printed version of the article.
To view a file in PDF format, you need a recent version of Adobe Reader, a free
application available at http://get.adobe.com/reader/
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Peer reviewed:
-articles submitted to a peer reviewed journal go through a strict evaluation
process by a panel of experts so that high quality, accuracy, and relevance are
assured. Peer reviewed journals are often also called “refereed” or “juried”
journals; some instructors may simply call them “scholarly” or “academic” journals.
•
Periodical:
-paper or electronic publication issued on a regular basis (quarterly, monthly,
weekly, daily, etc.). Four kinds of periodicals you will find in most libraries are
newspapers, popular magazines, journals and trade magazines.
•
Proximity search: A method of searching for words that appear within a specified
distance of one another in a database; really useful in searching full text
databases such as JSTOR.
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Glossary - R
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Refereed Journals: see Peer reviewed.
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Record: an entry in a database that contains information
about a specific item such as a journal article or a book.
The information about each item in your search results list
is a record. In many database result lists, if you click on the
title of the item in the record, you will see a more detailed
record called the full record.
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Results list:
-when you submit search terms to a database, the entries or
files that return make up the Results list. These may also be
called “hits” or “records”.
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Glossary - S
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Scroll:
-to use your mouse to move up or down a web page.
•
Search page:
-the database page that provides open fields or boxes for
entering search terms.
Glossary - S (continued)
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Subject headings:
- words or short phrases that describe precisely the content
found in books and other materials. Each item in a library
catalog is classified by one or more subject headings (as are
articles in many databases). You can search both library
catalogs and most databases using subject headings. Librarians
can help you decide on the most useful subject headings for
your search, or you may look in the Thesaurus or Subject
Terms guide of any database that includes such a tool.
Note 1: in most databases, you must click on the title of the
article in the results list to see subject headings that were
assigned to that article!
Note 2: some databases name their subject headings something else. For instance, ERIC (education database) calls its
subject headings “descriptors”, while Medline and other medical
databases use MESH (medical subject headings).
Glossary - T
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Thesaurus:
-a list of subject headings or descriptors assigned in a
particular database, index or online catalog that can be
used to search in that database.
•
Tutorial:
-step by step introduction to something new which you are
about to learn and master.
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Library Database Tutorial for
Humanities Graduate Students
Revised March 2009 by
E. Carol Dales