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Title: Library Tutorial for Humanities Graduate Students California State University Dominguez Hills


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Library Tutorial for HumanitiesGraduate
Students California State University
Dominguez Hills

2
Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Off Campus Access to Library Databases
    Introduction to Basics
  • Finding Journal Articles with Academic Search
    Premier
  • Finding Journal Articles with JSTOR
  • Finding an article if you already have a citation
    (finding a known article)
  • Glossary
  • (Throughout the tutorial, a single click on an
    underlined blue word or phrase will take you
    either to the Glossary or a website).

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Introduction
  • This tutorial provides information on the
    online resources and services offered by the
    California State University Dominguez Hills
    University Library to students in on-campus and
    distance learning Humanities courses. English,
    History, Philosophy, Music and Art students who
    need to find articles should also find it useful!

Return to Table of Contents
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In this Tutorial you will learn to
  • use some of the many resources services
    provided by the California State University
    Dominguez Hills Library.
  • locate academic journal articles using major
    journal article databases, Academic Search
    Premier and JSTOR.
  • understand and use library terms you will
    encounter while using library resources.

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Getting The Most Out Of This Tutorial
  • We recommend that you read through all the slides
    in this tutorial at least once before going to
    any of the links.
  • Lets get started

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Heres the CSUDH Home Page
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CSUDH Library Home Page
  • To find the CSUDH Library home page from the
    CSUDH home page, click on library in the black
    menu bar.
  • Note especially the following links on the
    Library home page (on next slide)
  • Journal Articles Electronic Resources access
    to all CSUDH journal article databases and
    electronic resources (in many subject areas in
    addition to humanities and arts)
  • Frequently Used Databases fast access to
    Academic Search Premier and JSTOR, the two
    databases we visit in this tutorial!
  • Services for Distance Students

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CSUDH Library Home Page
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Off Campus Access to Journal Article Databases
  • off campus use of databases and electronic
    resources is restricted to current CSUDH
    students, staff and faculty.
  • use your user name and your password to log in
    to Library databases and electronic resources
    from off campus locations.
  • whenever you click on a Library database or
    electronic resource that is restricted, youll
    see a blue CSUDH authentication screen (as
    illustrated in slide 11).
  • Return to Table of Contents

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Off Campus Access to Journal Article Databases
(contd.)
  • Your 14-digit barcode ID number is made up of
  • the 5 digits 20550 followed by
  • your 9-digit student ID number e.g.
    20550xxxxxxxxx
  • Your 14digit barcode ID number used in
    combination with your last name allows you to
  • access CSUDH online article databases and
    e-books
  • use Interlibrary Loan to request articles for
    which full text is not available
  • If you are not able to access our databases with
    your last name and 14 digit barcode ID number,
    call us at (310) 243-2088 or email
    cdales_at_csudh.edu

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This is what the CSUDH Library Authentication
(login) Screen looks like
Back to Presentation (Slide 11)
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CSUDH Journal Articles Electronic Resources
Page (access to ALL databases to which we
subscribe)
13
Frequently Used Databases Page (fast access to
five most often used databases)
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Services for Distance Learning Students
Page(outlines services and links to librarian
help)
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A Few Facts about Journal Article Databases
  • Most databases require that you have a recent
    version (7.0 or newer) of Adobe Acrobat Reader
    installed on your computer to view PDF documents
    you will find in your search results.
  • Each database contains a slightly different
    groupof journal titles (some journals may
    actually be found in more than one database).
  • Although they may provide you with information
    about articles you would like to see, databases
    do not always provide the full text of a desired
    article!
  • Articles not available in full text in one
    database may be available in another database or
    index. Click the red and white Find it _at_ CSUDH
    Library button after the article
    abstract (summary) to find out.

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Library InterLibrary Loan Service
  • Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a library service
    that allows you to request journal articles not
    available at CSUDH through our Interlibrary Loan
    service.
  • We will request journal articles you request via
    ILL from other libraries and email them to you as
    soon as we receive them (this may take a week or
    even longer, so do plan ahead!).
  • If you are able to come to the CSUDH campus in
    person to pick them up, you may also request
    books through ILL. However, if you are a distance
    learning student who does not come to the CSUDH
    campus for classes, you should request ILL
    service for books from CSUDH and other libraries
    through your local public library (for further
    details, please contact the Distance Learning
    Librarian).

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If you have problems or questions, please contact
the Distance Learning Librarian for help
cdales_at_csudh.edu 310-243-2088
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  • You have now learned the basics of some important
    CSUDH Library services!
  • Lets move on to learn more about using CSUDH
    Library online resources to get articles you
    need.

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Finding Journal Articles via the Library Home
Page
  • Your papers and assignments will often require
    you to cite 3 to 5 recent, peer reviewed,
    articles on your topic.
  • Recent usually means published within the last 5
    years.
  • Articles published in peer reviewed journals
    have undergone a formal approval process an
    editor and one or more subject specialists
    review each article before it is accepted
    for publication. They ensure that the
    article is accurate, well researched and
    presented, and that it is a legitimate
    contribution to the body of knowledge in the
    field.
  • To find the most recent peer reviewed articles
    by scholars and researchers, use CSUDH
    library subscription databases Academic
    Search Premier, Project Muse, WilsonOmniFile
    and more! When you need older peer-reviewed
    articles, JSTOR is often a good database to
    try.Return to Table of Contents

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What is Academic Search Premier?
  • Academic Search Premier is a scholarly,
    multi-disciplinary, full text database published
    by Ebsco Publishing. It offers access to articles
    from over 4,500 periodicals, including more than
    3,700 peer reviewed publications, as well as
    indexing and abstracts for over 8,200 journals.
  • Great place to begin a search for articles on
    humanities topics as it points to articles in
    nearly every category of academic study.
  • Although links to many full text articles are
    available, many Academic Search Premier citations
    include only abstracts or references.

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Where is Academic Search Premier?
  • the easiest way to get to Academic Search
    Premier- go to the CSUDH Library Home Page.
  • - under Electronic Databases on LH side of
    screen, click Frequently Used. - click on
    Academic Search Premier.
  • you may also get to Academic Search
    Premierthrough the A-Z List of electronic
    databases - go to the CSUDH Library Home Page.
  • - under Electronic Databases on LH side of
    screen, click A-Z list.- click on Academic
    Search Premier in the A-Z List.

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After clicking on the name of a database (such as
Academic Search Premier), you will see this
Authentication (login) Screen
1. Type last name here
2. Type 14-digit barcode ID number here
2a. Number will appear as fat dots so type
carefully!
3. Click Submit
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Heres the blank Academic Search Premier search
page
Type search terms into search boxes
Optional Limit to desired dates to peer
reviewed
AND connector for joining search terms
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Do an actual search in Academic Search Premier
  • Example You need several recent articles from
    peer reviewed journals on how postmodernism has
    influenced the work of historians.
  • Note that the main concepts in the topic stated
    above are underlined. (Concepts are the different
    ideas which make up each unique search topic).
    You can break down most topics into two or three
    main concepts.
  • Identify the most specific concept of your topic
    and search that one first If this
    first search finds only a few results, browse
    through them to identify those relevant
    to your topic. If your first search
    retrieves too many references, do
    another search and add another concept using the
    AND connector to decrease your results
    (the next three screens show this
    process).

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1.Academic Search Premier 1st search term
(postmodernism) entered
Databases are not case sensitive.
4048 results!
Results appear in reverse chronological order
(newest first)
Scholarly peer reviewed box was checked before
searching.
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2.Academic Search Premier 2nd search term
(historians) entered
Combining second search term with first search
term and combining with AND reduced results a
lot!
Note Thesaurus terms (subject headings) on LH
side of results!
84 results!
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3. Academic Search Premier search terms searched
as Subject Terms to focus search on relevant
articles
This search located only 16 results, all of which
have both of our search terms as their subject
headings
Note these subject headings (might be useful in
subsequent searches)
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Academic Search Premier Search Results (3rd
search)
Citation and Abstract
No. 5 article looks good. Click on PDF Full Text
at end of this record.
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Heres what the beginning of the five page PDF
Full Text article (5 on previous slide) looks
like
Click these icons to print or save (dont use
your browsers File menu commands!)
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Obtaining a Full Text Article that appears to be
unavailable from the database
  • Find it at CSUDH is a
    built-in resource to help you locate full text
    articles that are not contained in the database
    you are searching.
  • The button will often lead to
    links to the article in other databases or to
    other means of obtaining an individual article.
  • Sometimes the article you need is available in
    print or on microfilm at the CSUDH Library.
    Clicking the Find it at CSUDH icon will help
    you determine whether the Library owns what you
    need. Contact cdales_at_csudh.edu if you need an
    article scanned and emailed to you.
  • Sometimes the article you need is not owned by
    the CSUDH Library. You may request it through
    interlibrary loan or contact cdales_at_csudh.edu.
  • Contact cdales_at_csudh.edu with questions about
    print or microfilm articles or articles the CSUDH
    Library does not seem to own.

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Red and white Find it at CSUDH buttons
are located at the end of most records.
Heres result 1 from our postmodernism and
historians search.Note red and white Find it
_at_ CSUDH Library button.
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Below is what we see after clicking the
button.CSUDH actually has this article in
the database Science Direct (Elsevier). Click to
get it!
A smaller window opens, with information about
where the article may be
.
Click to get the full text of the article.
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What if there is no direct link to the article
full text?
Heres result 4 from our second Academic
Search Premier search (slide 25)
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Heres what we see this time after clicking the
button
This is an article CSUDH does not own. Click to
request an Interlibrary Loan OR email
cdales_at_csudh.edu.
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How can I learn more about using Academic Search
Premier ?
  • A brief video tutorial with narration created by
    EBSCO, the publisher of Academic Search Premier,
    is available here Academic Search Premier
    Advanced Search tutorial
  • You will need Adobe Flash to view the tutorial
    Download Flash
  • Back to Table of Contents

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What is JSTOR?
  • JSTOR (Journal Storage) is a continuously growing
    archive of almost 1400 scholarly journals, many
    of which cover humanities topics such as Art
    Art History, Classical Studies, Education,
    History, Language Literature, Music History
    and Philosophy.
  • When a journal appears in JSTOR, all articles are
    available in PDF full text from the first issue
    of the journal to the most current one (up to a
    three to five year "moving wall that excludes
    the full text of newer issues). However, newer
    issues are often available in other databases we
    carry).
  • Because JSTOR is a full text database, you wont
    see any red and white Find it _at_ CSUDH Library
    buttons in JSTOR.
  • Unlike most databases (such as Academic Search
    Premier), JSTOR does not use subject headings, so
    your early searches may not be as precise as you
    would like!

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Where is JSTOR?
  • the easiest way to get to JSTOR - go to the
    CSUDH Library Home Page.
  • - under Electronic Databases on LH side of
    screen, click Frequently Used. -
    click on JSTOR.
  • you may also get to JSTORthrough the A-Z List
    of electronic databases - go to the CSUDH
    Library Home Page.
  • - under Electronic Databases on LH side of
    screen, click A-Z list. - click on J
    and click on JSTOR in the A-Z List.

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After clicking on the name of a database, you may
see this Library Authentication (login) Screen
1. Type last name here
2. Type 14-digit barcode ID number here
2a. Number will appear as fat dots so type
carefully!
3. Click Submit
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Do an actual search in JSTOR
  • Example just as in the previous segment on
    Academic Search Premier, you need several recent
    articles from peer reviewed journals on how
    postmodernism has influenced the work of
    historians.
  • Note that the main concepts in the topic stated
    above are underlined. (Concepts are the different
    ideas which make up each unique search topic).
    You can break down most topics into two or three
    main concepts.
  • Identify the most specific concept of your topic
    and search that one first If this
    first search finds only a few results, browse
    through them to identify those relevant
    to your topic. If your first search
    retrieves too many references, do
    another search and add another concept using the
    AND connector to decrease your results
    (the next three screens show this
    process).

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Heres the top part of the blank JSTOR search
page
Optional Limit to desired dates to article
Type search terms into search boxes
Note default is search of full text of all
articles.
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Heres the lower part of the blank JSTOR search
page
Optional Scroll down and click beside
discipline(s) you want to search History
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1. JSTOR 1st search term (postmodernism) entered
Databases are not case sensitive.
788 results!
Default is to sort results by relevance (change
to date if desired)
Be sure to click Modify Search to return to
search screen -- dont use your Back arrow!
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2. JSTOR 2nd search term (historians) entered
Combining second search term with first search
term and combining with AND reduced results only
somewhatto 538!
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What now??? How about a proximity search?
  • when you search the full text of articles as you
    usually do in JSTOR, your results may contain
    many irrelevant records. However, heres
    something to consider the closer two words are
    to each other in an article, the more likely it
    is that they are related to each other in some
    way. This means we may find more relevant
    articles by specifying that our search terms
    occur closer together in articles we get in
    search results. This type of searching is called
    proximity searching.
  • JSTOR lets us find terms that are within a
    specific number of words from each other using
    the tilde () to specify a proximity search.The
    tilde works in the search to select only
    articles where proximity (closeness) of search
    terms is 10 or fewer words. For instance, to
    search postmodernism and historians within ten
    words of each other, arrange your search terms
    exactly like this postmodernism
    historians10  
  • try a few successive searches to see how
    decreasing or increasing the number after the
    tilde () affects your results.

Double quotes around search terms
No and needed between search terms
No spaces before or after tilde
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3. JSTOR Search Results (3rd search, proximity
search done with 10)
52 results--time to start looking through and
evaluating results...
Another possible and more restrictive search
click Modify Search and enter postmodernism
historians5
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Lets look at the full text of result 8
Warning Clicking on the title of the article
does not workyou will see only one page of the
article at a a time!
To see and print the complete article, click on
PDF!
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Heres what the beginning of the PDF article
(result 8 by Patterson) looks like
Click these icons to save or print (dont use
your browsers File menu commands.)
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How can I learn more about using JSTOR?
  • A brief video tutorial with narration, created by
    JSTOR, is available here (once you have clicked,
    choose the video format that works best for you)
    http//tinyurl.com/cmxcoo
  • Heres another narrated tutorial created by
    librarian Richard Baer of Camosun College
    http//liontv.blip.tv/file/541319/
  • Back to Table of Contents

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What if I already have the citation for a
specific article?
  • If you think your article may be in a journal
    that JSTOR contains, log in to JSTOR and click
    the Citation Locator tab (just above the
    Advanced Search area).
  • If you think you know which database contains the
    journal article you need, log in to that database
    and try the strategy outlined in Part A of the
    Find a Specific article page.
  • If you dont know which database to try for the
    journal you need, try the strategy outlined in
    Part B of the Find a Specific article page.
  • Back to Table of Contents

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Other good databases (in addition to Academic
Search Premier and JSTOR) are available for
Humanities topics. Searching in these databases
could possibly lead you to more articles on your
topic. Here are some possibilities
  • America History and Life major database in
    North American history includes citations and
    abstracts of over 2000 journals 1982 some
    links to full text in other databases.
  • Historical Abstracts indexes materials published
    since the 1970s, but also covers world history
    from prehistory through modern times.
  • Project Muse full text of over 50 scholarly
    history journals.
  • Social Sciences Full Text indexing and articles
    from over 100 history journals.
  • WilsonWeb selected full text of over 4000
    Humanities and Social Sciences journals.

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What to do when you run into trouble
  • I cant log in!
  • make sure you're typing your last name on the
    login screen exactly as it's spelled in
    your MyCSUDH record.
  • make sure you're typing all 14 numbers of your
    14 digit Library barcode ID number correctly
    (you can't see the numbers as you type them --
    you see only a row of dots).
  • if your computer is set up to remember your 14
    digit barcode ID number from session to
    session, try overriding the "remembered" number
    and retyping all 14 digits.
  • make sure you're typing all 14 digits (20550
    followed by all nine digits of your campus ID
    number).
  • For more help, try How to Log in to the
    Databases from Off-Campus.
  • Back to Table of Contents

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What to do when you run into trouble(contd.)
  • I cant find any articles on my topic!
  • Check your spelling and typing.
  • Check the Thesaurus or Subject Guide of the
    database to find more or different search terms
  • Use different keywords or synonyms.
  • Check any search options or limits you might have
    used (such as Published Date, Publication Date,
    Full Text, etc.) and remove one or more of these.
  • Try a different database.
  • Check the Find Articles Online page for help.
  • Ask a Librarian! (cdales_at_csudh.edu).
  • Back to Table of Contents

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Congratulations!
  • Now you are able to access the CSUDH Librarys
    article databases!

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Need More Help?
  • Having difficulty accessing or using
    databases?Call or email the Distance Learning
    Librarian 310-243-2088 cdales_at_csudh.edu
  • During Fall and Spring semesters, the CSUDH
    library is open
  • Monday Thursday, 800 am 10 pm
  • Friday, 800 am 500 pm
  • Saturday, 1000 am 500 pm
  • Sunday, noon 6 pm hours vary between
    semesters call 310-243-3714 to check current
    hours.

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Glossary
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Glossary - A
  • Academic journal articles-articles found in
    periodicals that are considered scholarly.
    Academic journal articles differ from popular or
    news magazines in that they cite their sources in
    footnotes or bibliographies. Articles from
    academic journals are preferred for student
    research (see also Peer reviewed).
  • Abstract-a brief, non-evaluative summary of the
    main points in an article or book, often found as
    part of the record of an item found in a database
    search. (Return to presentation.)

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Glossary - B
  • Book catalog -libraries used to use card
    catalogs, searchable by title, subject or author,
    to locate items they owned. In the late 20th
    century, libraries began to use computer records
    to organize and search for items owned. Most
    libraries now use electronic databases, usually
    called online catalogs, to search for their
    holdings. The CSUDH online catalog for books and
    other library holdings is called Torofind. It is
    available on the Internet through the CSUDH
    Library home page at http//library.csudh.edu/.
    Searching in an online catalog allows great
    flexibility in that it is possible to search by
    keyword and call number and to specify location,
    format and language.

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Glossary - B (continued)
  • Bookmark (used both as a noun and a verb)
  • A list of favorite web pages (URLs) saved in
    your browser so you have quick and easy access to
    them later. Some browsers (such as Netscape and
    Firefox) call these saved URLs Bookmarks, while
    Internet Explorer calls them Favorites.
  • (Return to presentation.)

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Glossary - C
  • Call number-most academic libraries use the
    Library of Congress Classification System to
    specify a books location within the library
    collection. The LC (Library of Congress) system
    groups books of similar subject matter together
    and assigns each subject a combination of letters
    and numbers. Every book is labeled with its
    appropriate LC call number to indicate where it
    should be placed on the shelf. The LC number is
    usually typed on a white label and glued or taped
    on the books spine or front cover. An example of
    an LC call number is RT82 .K43 2002.
  • Circulating itemAny item a library owns that
    can be checked out and removed from the library
    for personal use for a designated time period is
    a circulating item.

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Glossary - C (continued)
  • Citation-basic information about an item such
    as a book, article, or website. Once you have the
    citation, you can use the information to locate
    the item. The basic elements of a citation are
    Author, Title and Publication information.
    Journal article citations also usually include
    volume and issue numbers as well as exact page
    numbers of the article. When writing research
    papers, authors cite their sources so their
    readers are able to find the identical items used
    for in research done for the paper.
  • (Return to presentation.)

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Glossary - C (continued)
  • CSUDH Journals List (Journals We Have)
  • The CSUDH Library maintains the Journals List
    web page so students can search for a journal by
    title and link to a database where the full text
    may be found. The Journals List will also
    indicate when a journal is available in print or
    microfilm format, as well as alerting users that
    a particular journal is unavailable in the
    Library.

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Glossary - D
  • Database-an electronic medium in which
    information can be stored and retrieved by
    searching.
  • Journal article database contains citations,
    abstracts, full text articles, images and other
    files, available by subscription from publishers
    and searchable by a variety of criteria. Online
    journal databases are the electronic counterpart
    of print journal collections. Publishers load
    journal contents into a database to make the
    contents available for online access. Libraries
    subscribe to electronic databases to provide
    their users with online access to the contents of
    the databases.
  • Databases usually contain archives (back issues)
    and current articles from a wide variety of
    journals.
  • (Return to presentation.)

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Glossary - D (continued)
  • Download-process whereby data files from
    external sources (flash drives, websites, email
    attachments, etc.) are transferred into your
    computer. You may read and delete these incoming
    files or save them (to your desktop, hard drive,
    flash drive, etc.) as required.

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Glossary - E
  • Electronic book Entire books are now available
    through CSUDH Librarys subscription to several
    electronic book providers. Watch for records of
    electronic books in results of your
    Torofindonline catalog searches. This image
    will appear under the title of the book
    An Electronic Version is available!

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Glossary - F
  • Full text-usually refers to the online presence
    of a complete article or other information,
    although may also be used to refer to an article
    found in print or microfilm on library shelves.
    Full text indicates that the entire article is
    available in addition to a citation and/or
    summary of the articles content.
  • (Return to presentation.)

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Glossary - G
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Glossary - H
  • Hits -items returned to your screen once search
    terms have been submitted to a database search
    engine also often called records or results.

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Glossary - I
  • Information literacy -the ability to find,
    evaluate and use information in an effective and
    appropriate way.

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Glossary - I (continued)
  • Interlibrary Loan (ILL)-service that most
    libraries offer when they do not own the item you
    need. Once you make a request for something not
    in the local collection, your library issues a
    request to another library which owns the item
    you need. Once your library obtains the item you
    need, the lending library loans it to your
    library for a brief period. CSUDH Interlibrary
    Loan Services are here.
  • (Return to presentation.)

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Glossary - J
  • Journals-a medium of formal written
    communication used by special groups, learned
    societies and professions to share research and
    engage in dialog on topics of interest. Journals
    contain articles contributed by experts and
    scholars and are published periodically (weekly,
    monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.). Journals
    are published in print, microform and electronic
    formats (see also Peer reviewed).

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Glossary - K
  • Keyword searching-most databases allow for
    keyword searching. Keywords are the words that
    describe your topic. Depending upon how specific
    your topic is, you can usually describe it with
    two or three nouns.

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Glossary - L
  • Library resources -items the library purchases
    for the benefit of its users, primarily books,
    videos, sound recordings, computer software,
    journal, newspaper and database subscriptions and
    internet access.
  • Links-abbreviation for hyperlinks these
    often appear as blue words on web pages. When
    you click on them, they take you to another
    place on the page or to another web site.
  • (Return to presentation)

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Glossary - P
  • PDF Short for Portable Document Format, a
    computer file format that makes it possible to
    view on your computer monitor documents that look
    exactly like the sender or publisher intended
    them to look, e.g., a PDF version of a journal
    article looks on your screen exactly like the
    original printed version of the article. To view
    a file in PDF format, you need a recent version
    of Adobe Reader, a free application available at
    http//get.adobe.com/reader/
  • Peer reviewed-articles submitted to a peer
    reviewed journal go through a strict evaluation
    process by a panel of experts so that high
    quality, accuracy, and relevance are assured.
    Peer reviewed journals are often also called
    refereed or juried journals some instructors
    may simply call them scholarly or academic
    journals.
  • Periodical -paper or electronic publication
    issued on a regular basis (quarterly, monthly,
    weekly, daily, etc.). Four kinds of periodicals
    you will find in most libraries are
  • newspapers, popular magazines, journals and
    trade magazines.
  • Proximity search A method of searching for words
    that appear within a specified distance of one
    another in a database really useful in searching
    full text databases such as JSTOR.
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  • Refereed Journals see Peer reviewed.
  • Record an entry in a database that contains
    information about a specific item such as a
    journal article or a book. 
  • The information about each item in your search
    results list
  • is a record. In many database result lists, if
    you click on the title of the item in the record,
    you will see a more detailed record called the
    full record.
  • Results list-when you submit search terms to a
    database, the entries or files that return make
    up the Results list. These may also be called
    hits or records.
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  • Scroll-to use your mouse to move up or down a
    web page.
  • Search page-the database page that provides
    open fields or boxes for entering search terms.

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  • Subject headings- words or short phrases that
    describe precisely the content found in books and
    other materials. Each item in a library catalog
    is classified by one or more subject headings (as
    are articles in many databases). You can search
    both library catalogs and most databases using
    subject headings. Librarians can help you decide
    on the most useful subject headings for your
    search, or you may look in the Thesaurus or
    Subject Terms guide of any database that includes
    such a tool.Note 1 in most databases, you must
    click on the title of the article in the results
    list to see subject headings that were assigned
    to that article!
  • Note 2 some databases name their subject
    headings some-thing else. For instance, ERIC
    (education database) calls its subject headings
    descriptors, while Medline and other medical
    databases use MESH (medical subject headings).

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  • Thesaurus-a list of subject headings or
    descriptors assigned in a particular database,
    index or online catalog that can be used to
    search in that database.
  • Tutorial-step by step introduction to something
    new which you are about to learn and master.
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Library Database Tutorial for Humanities
Graduate Students
Revised March 2009 by E. Carol Dales
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