GED579:  Searching ProQuest Research Library

NAME: ______________________________

Answers due next week. 

1. Go to About ProQuest Direct  link @ http://www.smcvt.edu/library/resources/researchlibrary.htm to answer the following

A. How many journals and periodicals are indexed in this database

B. What date ranges are covered for periodical publications in this index?

C. What is the purpose of this database?

2. Click on the icon in ProQuest and Answer the following

A. What is the truncation and wildcard symbols used in ProQuest?

B. What are the STOP WORDS in this database?

C. What are the Proximity Operators used in ProQuest?

3.  Click on Search Methods in ProQuest Research Library.   Choose the BASIC Search Mode

"You are thinking of traveling to Honduras.  Do the following search in BASIC Search Mode to find periodical articles on this topic.

	Date range:	Current (1999 - Present) Backfile (1986 - 1998) Deep Backfile (Prior to 1986)
	Publication type:	All Periodicals Newspapers
	Search in:	Citations and abstracts Article text
			Show results with full text availability only
			Show peer reviewed articles
			Show total number of articles

A.  How many "hits" do you come up with?

B. Try the search 

- How many hits in this search?

C. Full Text Search - Click on the down Arrow next to Citations and Abstracts and Choose Article Text

- Do the same search as in 3 B.  How many "hits" do you get now?

D. Proximity Searching

In BASIC search mode in the Article Text  do the following search

Look in one of the full text articles to see if the word Costa Rica is within 5 words of travel

4.Field Searching

  Click on Search Methods in ProQuest.   Choose the GUIDED Search Mode

Searching collection: All Collections	Guided Search

	Enter one or more search terms.
	Search for:		in the	All Abstract Article Title Author Company/Org. Geographical Name Image Caption Personal Name Product Name Publication Title Publication Type Subject Text	field.
	AND OR AND NOT WITHIN 3 PRE/1		in the	All Abstract Article Title Author Company/Org. Geographical Name Image Caption Personal Name Product Name Publication Title Publication Type Subject Text	field.
	AND OR AND NOT WITHIN 3 PRE/1		in the	All Abstract Article Title Author Company/Org. Geographical Name Image Caption Personal Name Product Name Publication Title Publication Type Subject Text	field.
	AND AND NOT	All Periodicals Newspapers	in the	Publication type	field.
	AND AND NOT	All commentary corrections cover story editorial feature fiction general information instructional interview letter news obituary/birth/marriage poetry recipe speech statistics all reviews arts/exhibits review audio review book review movie review performance review product review restaurant review television review video review	in the	Article type	field.
	AND Date range:	Current Backfile Deep Backfile    Any Month January February March April May June July August September October November December 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 to  Any Month January February March April May June July August September October November December 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
		Show results with full text availability only
		Show peer reviewed articles
		Show total number of articles

Using the GUIDED search  mode of searching in ProQuest Research Library,  Do 3 different Separate searches limiting the search to the following field:

A. Author field: Cronkite, Walter - how many hits?

B. Subject field:  Search Engine - how many hits?

C. Article Title Field:   Honduras - how many hits?

Note in each separate search above that the word you searched for can be found in that field of any given citation.  In other words - can you find the words in the field you searched?

5. Click on the tab and choose the GUIDED Search mode.  

Write out a search statement on a topic of your own interest in the box below.  Break down your statement into searchable terms. 

 A. Do  3 searches in GUIDED Search mode on your topic.  Try searches that expand and narrow the number of hits found  and that improve accuracy.  Remember to account for variant spelling with truncation, synonymous terms and phrases. 

Write each search out below, number of hits found for each search and we will go over them in class.

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6. Finding if a journal is indexed in ProQuest

Click on Search Methods in ProQuest.   Choose the Publication Mode
  

Find out the journals indexed in ProQuest Research Library that have the following words in the journal title

A. Education   (hint: try educat? to search for educate, education, educating, etc)

B. Business

C. Psychology

7.  In GUIDED Search Mode do the following.

A. Search for articles from one journal title "Harvard Business Review"
- Hint- enter "Harvard Business Review" in the Publication Title field.

B. Narrow the search in 6 B. to a "Harvard Business Review" article having to do with leadership

C.  Does SMC Library carry Harvard Business Review?

8.. I need to find a journal article from Newsweek, 1953.  Will ProQuest Research Library cover that period?
What other source might I use to find articles from Newsweek during that time period?

9. Find an full text article on the -invisible web-  from ProQuest Research Library.
Briefly evaluate the article by the following criteria: criteria is explained @ http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html  (We will cover these in class in more detail)
a) authority
b) coverage
c) audience the article is trying to reach
d) bias (point of view)
e) accuracy

10.Click on  Peer Reviewed on the ProQuest Search Screen.

 Do a search in ProQuest that will limit results to only PEER REVIEW articles.  Bring a copy of one of your citations to class.  We will discuss what peer review is next week. 

If you are looking for journal articles that are peer-reviewed or the place of first publication for research -- this is a good category to choose.

11. Searching certain collections in ProQuest.

Click on Collections .  Click on the  ProQuest General Reference and open the Collections.  Choose Arts Module, then click continue.   Do a search on Thomas Eakins

How many hits?  

12.  Using the Subject Guide to Networked Resources @ http://www.smcvt.edu/library/resources/subjectguide/index.htm answer the following

A. What index should you use to research History?

B.  What index should you use to research Art?

C. What index should you use to research Law?

D. What index should you use to research Biology?

If you have any problems with the assignment, don't spend too much time trying to solve it.  We'll cover any problems in next weeks class.