Searching ProQuest Ebook ResourcesSusan Watson / Lou Peck

June 2007

Cross searching medical and other healthcare books and journals on the ProQuest platform

To cross search books and journals, run your search as usual in ProQuest

Results are combined on the “all sources tab, or available separately

To select only books, click on the tab, and then click on the book title or the “link to full text” icon. The book will immediately open in a new browser window.

Alternatively, click on the “Abstract” icon for bibliographic and index information about the book

ProQuest includes full index coverage for all titles. Indexing includes classification codes and National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

To build your search using MeSH, select “subject” from the selection of search fields in the drop down box. A pop up box will appear.

Choose your search term from the MeSH terms and click “add to search”

Your MeSH term is automatically entered in the search box. Continue your search as previously shown.

You can also combine books and journals in ProQuest results management tools. Mark the titles you are interested in.

Use MyResearch to create a bibliography, export your citations, or save as an HTML webpage (eg for reading lists) alongside journal articles

Searching only MyiLibrary titles

From the homepage, browse content by publisher, subject, or alphabetically

Quick search and advanced search are easily accessible from all pages

Quick Search allows “quick picks” of searching across all full-text, keywords (appearing in book description, title, ISBN etc

Results appear with hit terms highlighted

Refine your search using the book subject categories, or by publisher, subject

Choose save search. A prompt to sign in to a personalised account appears in a pop up box

Click on the book cover or page numbers to open the ebook in a new browser window

Use the Table of Contents to navigate through the book

The book is reproduced faithful to the print version

Alternatively, use the Search function to search within the text

Hit terms are highlighted

Click on the citation link on every page to “grab” the citation in a variety of formats.

Use the “notes” field to bookmark pages, annotate, and paste copied text

Returning to the homepage, my account offers useful features

Use “saved searches” to re-run searches and pick up new results from books recently added to your subscription account - especially useful for complex searches

My bookmarks can be used as quick way to access selected pages, citations and annotations – for use in papers, reading lists, etc