Library Electronic Resource Guide
In
addition to providing access to the print collection, the Basileiad
library also provides access to computers and electronic books and periodicals. Periodicals refer to publications that appear
(on paper or electronically) on a regular occurring basis.
Electronic
access to periodicals is available via EBSCO
journal articles, Origins, and MarketLine Business Information Center under the
heading ‘Find Articles’ on the library’s
web page. To access this from home, click on the ‘remote’ option.
Books in an
electronic format are called ebooks. Manor Library
provides access to an ebook collection which can be
found under ‘netLibrary access’ on the library’s web page (http://library.manor.edu).
To access this from home, click on the ‘remote’ option.
You can
find additional electronic online periodical and book resources under the ‘Other Journal Resources’ and ‘Other E-book websites’ links on the library home page.
Web sites
can be searched through the directories, search engines and meta-search engines
available under ‘Search engines’
under the heading ‘Find Internet Sites’. Also check ‘Hints for searching the web’ and ‘By subject/reference’.
Basic search techniques
Boolean searching allows you to create
a very broad or very narrow search by using Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to
string or combine search terms together.
Ø
The
AND operator combines search terms
so that each result contains all of
the terms. AND narrows your search. For example: search for ‘electronic AND resources’ to find article where both ‘electronic’ and ‘resources’ appear.
Ø
The
OR operator combines search terms so
that each result contains at least one
of the terms but not necessarily both.
OR broadens your search. For
example: search for ‘college OR
university’ to retrieve results where either
‘college’ or ‘university’ appears.
Ø
The
NOT operator excludes terms so that
each result does not contain any of the terms that follow the NOT
operator. For example: search for
‘Computers NOT apple’ to retrieve
results with the term ‘computers’ but not
the term ‘apple’. Be very careful using
the NOT operator.
How to access full text articles
on EBSCO
The EBSCO database allows you to
search for and print the full text of journal articles on many subjects from a
collection of over 3,000 journals.
Everyone can access the database from any computer.
- From the library’s ‘To find a
journal or newspaper article’ page follow the ‘EBSCO journal articles’ or
‘Remote access to EBSCO” links.
- You are presented with a
choice of databases to search.
Select a database, or databases, appropriate to your area of
research and click ‘Continue’. If
you are unsure which database to choose consult the librarian or your
instructor.
- Enter your search term or
terms. You can use Boolean
searching as described above. Check
the ‘full text’ box if you only want the full text articles.
- You can print or e-mail the articles
you have retrieved, or just read them online.
- Instead of searching the
database you can browse the
contents of the database by clicking on the ‘Title list’ of any database
at the database selection screen and browsing to a specific journal. This is a good way to check the latest
issue of a journal.
As a new feature added to EBSCO you can now easily sort and refine
results by Subject. This is done by
clicking a subject link from the list, automatically provided to you by EBSCO,
to the left of your results.
A subject
list for the search “dental radiography AND cavity”.
EBSCO now also provides a Visual
Search interface. You can perform a
visual search by selecting the “Visual Search” tab at the top of the EBSCOhost page. You
enter your search terms and choose databases just as before, but instead of a
long list of results you are presented with a ‘map’ of results, grouped by
subjects, through which you navigate through the results. You will need Java installed on your computer
for this feature to be available.
An example of a visual search in EBSCO:
How to access MarketLine
Business Information Center
MarketLine is a premium business information
company that provides up to date information on 10,000 companies and 2,000
industries in 50 countries.
- On the library’s home page
under the ‘Find Articles’ heading follow the ‘MarketLine
Business Information Center’ or ‘Remote access to…’ link.
- From this page you can search
for a specific topic using the search techniques described above.
- You can also browse MarketLine by Industry, Company, Country, and News
& Comment.
How to access netLibrary
netLibrary
contains electronic versions of over 1,500 recent titles.
- On the library’s home page
under the ‘Find books’ heading follow the ‘netLibrary
Electronic Books’ or ‘Remote access to netLibrary”
link.
- From this page you can search
for a book.
- Once you find the book you
want click browse.
- From here you can click on
the chapter in the left hand column and or search for a keyword that you
may want to find in the book.
- You can magnify the print if
it is too small.
- You can navigate the text by
using the arrows above the upper right hand pane.
- When you have finished with
the book you should click ‘on
close book’ in the upper left hand column.
If you
have any questions contact the library at (215)885-2360 x238 or the librarian
at (215)885-2360 x240 or e-mail
Matthew R. Smith;