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Tutorial

Guide no. 30SEARCHING PROQUEST

DATABASE

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Let’s enter ProQuest Nursing * Allied Health Source databases through the US University Library (1). Click on

Online Databases (2), Select “View Full Text Databases” (3).

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Now click “Proquest Nursing & Allied Health Source”

*Ask USU librarian for ID and Password at

clopez@usuniversity.edu

Next slide click “My Research” and

register. EBSCO, JSTOR and

PROQUEST are different entities.

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After entering ProQuest through US University Library and register, the screen below appears. For now, we will search for the article using the basic search. As

you become more comfortable in the future, search for articles using the advanced, Figures & Tables, and publications tabs.

Register

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( 1) Please, insert any term or article’s title in the basic search text box. (2) In the limit results area check “Full text” and “Peer reviewed.” Full text shows complete articles, if they are available, and not just abstracts. Peer reviewed or Scholarly journals satisfies the condition of academic sources as your Professor may require. (3) Next, click Search. The first article is an exact match of what we are looking for, so let us use this one.

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(1)After you registered click “Save search” or “Create alert”. (2) Note the “Suggested subjects” and master the database vocabulary. (3) Select the

articles. (4) Then click “Cite” for the APA citation or click “E-mail,” “Save to My Research,” “Print” or “Export/Save.” (5) “Full Text” and “Citation…”

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Clicking on “Citation/abstract” provides the reader with a brief summary of what the article is about. This is quite useful during searches concerning a topic of choice, because it eliminates unnecessary reading of entire articles. Yes, an abstract can

become a timely academic life saver! The next slide will briefly examine differences between Full Text, and Full Text –PDF.

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Full Text –PDF is an electronic version of the article identical to the hard copy if you had it at hand. Notice that “Understanding the role

of principles in medicine” is on page 396. Full Text –PDF is ideal, especially for outside reading assignments and referencing the

specific page numbers in the assignments.

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Clicking on “Full Text” gives the entire article, but it does not show the page numbers associated with the article. For example, if I wanted to know the page number with information on “Understanding the role of principles of

medicine,” full text does not provide that. However, some articles provide full text only, and at least that’s better than just an abstract.

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For more information

• Please contact• M.L.S Catalina Lopez-Alvarez

• clopez@usuniversity.edu• (619) 477 6310 ext. 2017