ERIC Education FullText

Enter your last name and the barcode number on the back of your UMaine card to connect to online databases Your UMaine card should be automatically linked with library databases when you register Connecting to Online Sources

Connecting to Online Resources Call circulation at if your account is not working

Locate ERIC (EBSCO) by going to Fogler Library’s web site Go to Find Articles & Journals Click on the link for Indexes and Databases and then click on E and Scan for ERIC (EBSCO) Connecting to ERIC Online

The default setting is for Smart Text Searching Enter your search terms Searching ERIC

You can click on the link for Advanced Search to get more boxes Put terms that are not part of a phrase into different search boxes Searching ERIC

The weakness of phrase searching is that you may forget and put unrelated terms in the same box Do not use phrase searching with unrelated terms unless connect them with AND Weakness of Phrase Searching

To perform a Google-like search you need to use Smart-Text Searching Click on the box under Search Modes to select Smart-Text Searching Smart-Text Searching

Limiting Your Search You can limit any search to peer review You can also limit to full-text within EBSCO

Limiting Your Search If you limit to full-text in EBSCO you will miss full-text from other Fogler subscriptions

Limiting Your Search You can limit any search to specific year ranges You can any search to a specific journal title

Using the Search Button Click on the Search button after you have finished entering search terms and setting limits.

Narrowing Your Search Results Links to narrow results are on the left hand side in green Click on links under Subject to narrow your results by descriptors in ERIC

Narrowing Your Search Results Click on links under Publication to narrow results by journal title, etc.

Examining the Results Click on the title to read the abstract Click on any of the following for direct links to full text: o PDF Full Text o Linked Full Text o Full Text from ERIC

Full Text using Article Linker Click on the button for Article Linker to access online subscriptions outside of EBSCO Click on the link for University of Maine Click on the link for Article

Article Linker for Print & Interlibrary Loan Click on step two in Article Linker to view our print holdings Click on step three in Article Linker to request the article through Interlibrary loan

Saving, ing and Printing You can print, , or save the full-text. If the function does not work, save to desktop and attach to an . Do NOT save a link, this will not work later

Using Folders Save results in a temporary folder by clicking on the Add to Folder link below the article title Items in folder may all be saved to your computer, ed, or printed

EBSCOhost Accounts To save in a permanent folder you must get an EBSCOhost account Click on the link to Sign In at the top of the screen in the blue strip Then click on the link for Create a New Account

EBSCOhost Accounts Full text from EBSCO will be in the folder. Full-text outside of EBSCO can be accessed using Article Linker

Education FullText Locate Education FullText by going to Fogler Library’s web site Go to Find Articles & Journals Click on the link for Indexes and Databases then click on E and Scan for Education FullText

Searching Education FullText The default setting is for advanced search with multiple search boxes You can enter all your search terms in one box

Limiting Your Search You can limit any search to peer review You can limit to full-text within Education FullText

Limiting Your Search If you limit to full-text in Education FullText you will miss full-text from other Fogler subscriptions

Limiting and Expanding You can limit any search to specific year ranges You can expand any search to include searching the entire article for terms

Using the Start Button Click on the Start button after you have finished entering search terms and setting limits

Examining the Results Click on the title to read the abstract Click on any of the following for direct links to full text: o Full Text HTML o Full Text PDF

Full Text using Article Linker Click on the button for Article Linker to access online subscriptions outside of Education FullText Click on the link for University of Maine Click on the link for Article

Article Linker for Print & Interlibrary Loan Click on step two in Article Linker to view our print holdings Click on step three in Article Linker to request the article through Interlibrary loan

Saving, ing and Printing You can print, , or save the full-text It works best to save a PDF version of the article Do NOT save a link to the HTML, this will not work later

Using Marked Lists Save results in a marked list by clicking on the box next to the article title Items in marked list may all be saved to your computer, ed, or printed

Save to My WilsonWeb To save in a permanently you must get a My WilsonWeb account Click on the link to Sign In to My WilsonWeb at the top of the screen Then click on the link for New Account

My WilsonWeb Full text from Education FullText will be in the My WilsonWeb. Full-text outside of Education FullText can be accessed using Article Linker

Getting Additional Help from Education Specialist Cynthia Crosser Phone:

Reference Desk Phone: Online Chat: Use the chat box on Fogler’s web site