How to use ProQuest video
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How to use ProQuest
- Before you begin explore the entire screen and see what you can discover. The following are some of the many features of ProQuest. (See above illustration).
How to use ProQuest
- Basic search
- Use basic search as a starting point.
- Problem: too many hits/results
- Full Text, Peer Review, and Scholarly Journals
- Select all three choices above. This gives you higher quality materials. Most teachers prefer scholarly materials.
- Problem: Sometimes it eliminates too many choices.
- Advanced search (recommended)
- Use advanced search to narrow down focus and get specific
- Problem: There might still be too many hits/results, so you have to use a combination of Boolean searching, keyword, and subject searches.
- Search tips
- Boolean searching (see mrsriceresearchstation.weebly.com/boolean-searching.html)
- AND - This is used to include more terms to look for. (Jonas Salk AND Polio AND history)
- OR - This says look for (Jonas Salk OR Polio) Can have articles on one or the other not both.
- NOT - This says to NOT look for a term. (Jonas Salk NOT Influenza)
- Boolean searching (see mrsriceresearchstation.weebly.com/boolean-searching.html)
- Why use Boolean: It cuts down the amount of articles that do not apply to your research. I do not want to write about Jonas Salk and influenza, I want to focus on Jonas Salk and Polio.
- Important menu items:
- Modify search - Used to change your search
- Recent search - This saves your recent searches.
- Search results and/or create an alert - This saves your research and can let you know when new research has been published.
- Gathering resources
- Cite - When you select an article ProQuest will cite it for you.
- Email - Send the article directly to your email
- Print - Print the article or illustration out. I would not recommend printing the full article, they could be 20 or more pages.
- Save - Save to my research. Look at all the options!
ProQuest Limiters
ProQuest limiters to explore:
In order to narrow your results, ProQuest as well as most databases contain a menu to limit your results. Full text - full articles not just reviews. Peer reviewed - reviews created by professionals Scholarly journals - educational journals only. Publication date - limit to the time period. For example: When I research Jonas Salk I limited to the 1950s and 1960s to get articles from that time period. Source: Pick from the many sources available. Document type: Do you want an article or a review? Language: Select the language you can read in. |