What's the scope of your project? Focus in on the specifics of your project.
Formulate questions that will point you to the information you'll need.
How much and what type of information will you need?
Books - provide in-depth information, historical perspective.
Internet Sources - Who, what, why, & where? Keep in mind these factors when evaluating a website.
Do you need background information? Subject encyclopedias provide detailed information, written by experts in the field.
Examples:
-Encyclopedia of Evolution - REF QH 360.2 .E54 2002
-Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia - REF QL 7 .G7813 2004
-Encyclopedia of Bioethics - REF QH 332 .E52 1995
Identify your keywords/phrases/concepts Make a list of possible terms that will help you locate information about your subject. If a term/concept may be expressed in more than one way, note this as well. (Note scientific names for organisms.)
Note how you might wish to combine these terms in your search.
influenza and vaccines - will find only articles that mention both terms.
(avian or bird) and influenza - will find only articles that mention either the term avian or bird, and also the term influenza.
(avian or bird) and influenza and pandemic - will find only aritlces that mention either avian or bird, and also the terms influenza and pandemic.
Identify databases to search When selecting a databases (listed below) note the scope of the topic coverage and the dates of the content of each.
Academic Search Premier: Full text for over 3,600 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, and education. (Provider: EBSCO Host)
WilsonSelectPlus: Multi-disciplinary articles from academic periodicals. 1994-present. (Provider: FirstSearch/OCLC)
Other Staley Library Databases to consider
Health Source- Nursing/Academic Edition: A broad range of health information. Includes full text for about 500 of the journal titles indexed in CINAHL. (Provider: EBSCO Host)
Medline: Medical journals index. (Provider: FirstSearch/OCLC)
PsycArticles: full text of 56 peer-reviewed psychology journals.
PsycINFO 1887-present: Summaries of articles, books, reports and dissertations on psychology and related topics. (Provider: EBSCO Host)
How to Obtain Articles
Is it available full text online?:
First, check for hyperlinks that say: HTML Full Text, PDF Full Text, Linked Full Text, etc.
No full-text? Click on the "Find It!" button. This will search most of our other databases for electronic full text options for the article. [if there are none, it also provides links to MILLINET to search for print subscriptions, and an online Interlibrary Loan form!]
Or, use the Electronic Periodicals List to locate a Staley Library electronic subscription resource that carries the full text of the desired periodical.
Enter your search terms in the boxes provided, click Search.
To search other libraries, click on the I-Share Catalog button at the top of the screen.
or, if you wish to repeat your MILLINET search in I-Share, click on the Repeat Search in I-Share Catalog? link
To request an item from another I-Share library, click on Request, you will then be prompted to fill in information for Patron Login (home library, library borrower ID, and last name).
Google Scholar: Searches only online scholarly literature. Note: Not all results will be freely accessible! Will provide links to Millikin resources when available.
Google Advanced Search: Try Google's advanced search option for a more precise search. (Try limiting the domain to .edu, .org, or .gov)
And you can check out the search features of many of the general web search engines at Search Engine Showdown.
button. This will search most of our other databases for electronic full text options for the article. [if there are none, it also provides links to 