1. Education Full Text Searching

2. To search Education Full Text, I will need to start at the Rod Library Homepage. http://www.library.uni.edu/

3. I will then select Databases A-Z under Journal and Magazine Articles (Panther Prowler) from the Main Menu.

4. I can then find the Education Full Text database I need and select it.

5. This is the Advanced Search screen for Education Full Text.

6. Education Full Text is a WilsonWeb database. I can search more than one of the WilsonWeb database at a time if I want to by clicking on Open Database Selection Area.

7. This page allows me to choose more than one database to search at once. For this demonstration I will be searching only Education Full Text.

8. Searching Education Full Text For this demonstration, I will be looking for information only in Education Full Text on using behavior modification with students having attention deficit disorder.

9. Since the default search for Education Full Text is the Advanced Search, I will start my search here.

10. I will begin my search by entering the term: behavior modification as a keyword search.

11. Since this database includes entries for resources from the United Kingdom, I will need to modify my search to include the UK spelling of behavior = behaviour. I will add behaviour modification to my search.

12. I will connect these with the Boolean operator OR so that I can find entries with either term in them.

13. I would like my entries to also include the term attention deficit disorder. I will select the Boolean operator AND and then type in my additional term. I then click on Start.

14. I now have a set of 66 entries which contain all of the terms in which I am interested.

15. I am short of time and I hope to get enough entries which include the full text of the article to write my paper. I will click on to return to the search form. I will then check the box (below the Start button) which indicates Full Text.

16. I will then click on Start to perform my search again to include the new Full Text limit. I now have 26 full text articles I can use.

17. Since I need to write a 20 page paper, 26 articles are probably not enough. I will need to go back and find some additional entries from my first search set of 66.

18. I can do this by clicking on from the left menu.

19. I will then uncheck the Full Text Articles box and click on Start again.

20. I now have my original set of 66 entries back again. Some of these will be full text here and others will not.

21. How can I determine which of these entries refer to sources available in the library?

22. Beside each entry are icons which indicate how the article is made available to me. indicates that the Full Text of the article is available here. indicates that the article is available in PDF format (Acrobat) here.

23. On the left below is the 2nd article in Full Text format. On the right is the same article in PDF format. PDF is a good choice if you need to preserve pictures, graphs, tables, or charts.

24. I can look at the abstracts of individual articles before printing them off by clicking on the blue underlined article titles.

25. Here is the Abstract for the 2 nd article. This looks like something I can use. I can now click on the icon or the icon and print this off.

26. Which icon should I choose? I will click on the PDF icon first to look at the document to see if there are any graphics I want to preserve. There are only pictures here which I do not need. I will choose the Text icon to print.

27. When I have selected an article to print, I can then click on the button in the left menu.

28. I can then choose to eMail, Print or Save (the record displayed). Notice: most computers in the library do not accommodate the Save option.

29. What about the articles that do not have the Full Text or PDF icons? Are these available to me somehow? See number 4 below.

30. I can click on the button to see if there are more options for me to find this article.

31. The link enables this database to be linked to other databases. will take me directly to the article I am looking for in some databases, while in others, I will be taken only to the search screen for that database. For these, I will need to look for the article myself.

32. The menu for article 4 has provided two options from which to choose. The first is another database. I may click on this now and go directly to this database to get my article.

33. If this article was not available full text in another database, I would need to look elsewhere for it. The second option on the menu allows me to do this.

34. The second option directs me to search UNISTAR for a copy of this article in print.

35. Clicking on Library Catalog (UNISTAR) takes me directly to the record for the periodical title I need (if this library owns it). I will need to look back at my Education Full Text entry to find out which volume I need.

36. The database entry tells me I need volume 44, issue no. 3 (2003). I will now look at the UNISTAR record’s Lib. has (library has) statement to see if the library has volume 44.

37. It appears as though this library will have what I need because it has taken this periodical since volume 1 (1960) and is still taking it. I will write down the location and call number so that I can find it in the paper periodicals and photocopy it.

38. I can then proceed through my list of articles, printing off those available Full Text or PDF and clicking on the button to see if there are other options for finding articles not Full Text or PDF here.

39. Another option I have is to print off those I can and place a check mark next to those that are not full text but are available in the library.

40. I can then click on the button and select Print Options in the menu.

41. I will then opt to print the records in my marked set. This will give me a list of brief records for those articles I could not print out full text. I can then search UNISTAR for the titles of these periodicals to see if the library has them in print.

42. Remember, if the database you are in does not have the journal you need full text, the library may have another source for this article. Type your journal title into UNISTAR to check for other possible sources for your title.

43. Journals to which the library has access to electronically will be indicated on the UNISTAR record. The Note field will indicate where they are available and the coverage.

44. If you have any further questions on searching Education Full Text, please stop at the Reference Desk. We will be happy to help you! 02/15/05