David Olsen ENGL-190 Sections 12 and 22

I will try to address the questions you still had about the library after our instruction sessions. Most of the questions were about using the library databases. If another question comes up or you want more information you can always email me at gillesj@slu.edu.

Good luck with your research! --Jane Gillespie


How can I get to the full text of the article from the list of search results in the Academic Search Premier database?


Sometimes the article is "inside" of the database. In this case, you will see icons and text labeled "pdf full text" and/or "HTML full text". Just click on the link and you will get to the article.

Sometimes the article is "linked" to the database. In this case, click on the "Linked Full Text" link to get to the article. NOTE: We had trouble with this in the 10 AM class and a student mentioned that this had been a problem for him. I didn't notice it at the time but realized later that the Internet Explorer browser was preventing the article from displaying because the popup blocker was turned on. If this happens to you, just turn the popup blocker off. You actually get a message at the top of the browser about the popup blocker but you have to notice that the message is there.

The third possibility is that you need to click on the "Find it at SLU" button. This button takes you to the Article Linker page. Sometimes there is a link (or multiple links if we have access to the article from more than one place) to the full text there. If not, follow the instructions on that page to find the article in a print journal or request it from ILLIAD interlibrary loan.


What other library search engines (a librarian would call them databases) have only scholarly sources?


You are more likely to find articles from scholarly journals in some of the databases that focus on a single discipline such as Biological Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts, etc but many databases have a mix of scholarly and popular sources. Several databases let you limit your results to scholarly sources (they may use a different name such as peer-reviewed journals, academic journals, etc). You can always use the criteria we listed in class to decide for yourself if the article is from a peer reviewed journal.


How do I print out a hard copy of an article?


This depends on the way the article image is set up. For a pdf document, click on the print icon on the upper left hand side of the frame surrounding the article. Sometimes you might need to save a copy of the article to the "my documents" folder on the computer and then print it out from there. If you have trouble with this, ask a librarian or call the Reference Desk at 977-3103.


How do I get to the EBSCOhost?


Remember EBSCO is a company that produces many different databases. We used the Academic Search Premier database from EBSCO in class. You can get to the Academic Search Premier database from the http://libraries.slu.edu page. Put your mouse over the yellow Research tab at the top of this page and then select Databases. From the database page you can choose a database by name from one of the pull-down menu lists. If you scroll further down the database page, you can browse databases by subject or by vendor. You can see a list of all of the databases we get from EBSCO in the "Databases by Vendor" section.


Where is the Writing Center?


The Undergraduate Writing Center has several locations on campus. There is more information here: http://libraries.slu.edu/services/ugwrit.html

The library satellite location is on the third floor of the Anheuser-Busch wing.