Title: Library Tutorial for Humanities Graduate Students California State University Dominguez Hills
1Library Tutorial for HumanitiesGraduate
Students California State University
Dominguez Hills
2Table 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).
3Introduction
- 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!
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4 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.
5Getting 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
-
6Heres the CSUDH Home Page
7CSUDH 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
8CSUDH Library Home Page
9Off 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
10Off 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
11This is what the CSUDH Library Authentication
(login) Screen looks like
Back to Presentation (Slide 11)
12CSUDH Journal Articles Electronic Resources
Page (access to ALL databases to which we
subscribe)
13Frequently Used Databases Page (fast access to
five most often used databases)
14Services for Distance Learning Students
Page(outlines services and links to librarian
help)
15A 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.
16Library 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).
17If you have problems or questions, please contact
the Distance Learning Librarian for help
cdales_at_csudh.edu 310-243-2088
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18- 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.
19Finding 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
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20What 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.
21Where 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.
22After 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
23Heres 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
24Do 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). -
251.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.
262.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!
273. 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)
28Academic Search Premier Search Results (3rd
search)
Citation and Abstract
No. 5 article looks good. Click on PDF Full Text
at end of this record.
29Heres 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!)
30Obtaining 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.
31Red 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.
32Below 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.
33What if there is no direct link to the article
full text?
Heres result 4 from our second Academic
Search Premier search (slide 25)
34Heres 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.
35How 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
36What 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!
37Where 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.
38After 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
39Do 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). -
-
40Heres 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.
41Heres the lower part of the blank JSTOR search
page
Optional Scroll down and click beside
discipline(s) you want to search History
421. 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!
432. JSTOR 2nd search term (historians) entered
Combining second search term with first search
term and combining with AND reduced results only
somewhatto 538!
44What 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
453. 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
46Lets 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!
47Heres 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.)
48How 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
49What 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
50 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.
51What 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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52What 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
53Congratulations!
- Now you are able to access the CSUDH Librarys
article databases!
54Need 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.
55Glossary
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56Glossary - 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.)
57Glossary - 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.
58Glossary - 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.)
59Glossary - 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.
60Glossary - 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.)
61Glossary - 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.
62Glossary - 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.)
63Glossary - 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.
64Glossary - 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!
65Glossary - 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.)
66Glossary - G
67Glossary - H
- Hits -items returned to your screen once search
terms have been submitted to a database search
engine also often called records or results.
68Glossary - I
- Information literacy -the ability to find,
evaluate and use information in an effective and
appropriate way.
69Glossary - 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.)
70Glossary - 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).
71Glossary - 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.
72Glossary - 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)
73Glossary - 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. - (Return to presentation.)
74Glossary - R
- 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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75Glossary - S
- 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.
76Glossary - S (continued)
- 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). -
77Glossary - T
- 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.
(Return to presentation.)
78Library Database Tutorial for Humanities
Graduate Students
Revised March 2009 by E. Carol Dales