Monday, December 14, 2009

Today's article serach hint

If you find that you have to pay for an article, take down the following info:
- Journal name
- Volume/Issue #s
- author(s)
- Title

The go to the NYPL and search under journal title.

Today's article hint

If you are in an academic search engine, and you find an article you like, check out the side column, where it says something like "related articles." The search engine wants you to buy lots of articles, so they do the search work for you, to find articles that share keywords.

Today's article search hint

If you find one article that is on target, take a look at its reference list. You might find some gems. This works best when the article is recent, since all the references will be older than the article you found.

Today's article search hint

If you are looking for experiments, type the word "abstract" after your other serach term.

On the NYPL website

On the homepage http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.nypl.org/index.html&usg=AFQjCNHgr0KmGvayOhgVzxN_UOKQKi076g click on "Articles & Databases" http://www.nypl.org/index.html
Look for Databases by location, and click on From Home http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=2&j=home

Here is a list of some search engines that might be good for you:
Academic Search Premier
Business Source Premier
EBSCO
EBSCOhost (which searches many other databases that are listed in this list, incl the following databases: Academic Search Premier, Alt- HealthWatch, Business Source Premier, ERIC, Health Source Consumer Edition, Health Source, Masterfile Premier, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, Novelist, Primary Search, Professional Development Collection, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection, Religion & Philosophy Collection, TOPICsearch, and more.
ERIC
Facts on File History Database Center
History Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

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