Westfield
State College Ely Library
Educator's Reference Complete
Access: Open
an Internet Browser at any networked workstation
on campus. Start
Searching
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On Campus: from the Ely Library Home Page
(http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu) select Educator's Reference Complete from
the
Quick Links menu.
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Off-Campus Access (Only
available to Westfield State College
Faculty, Staff, and Students): From the
Ely Library Home Page (http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu) select Educator's
Reference Complete
from the
Quick Links menu..
You will be prompted for a username and password (this is the same username
and password used to login to a Westfield State College computer on campus.).
Search Options:
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Search Screen: Provides you with a Subject Guide Search(default),
a Basic Search, a Publication Search, or an
Advanced Search
with terms that you supply. Select your searching method on the top bar
before typing your terms in the Find box and click on Search or
press
enter on your keyboard.
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Subject Guide Search (see sample screen below):
Lets you search for topics that contain your search words. When typing
in terms in the search box, it is usually best to search for only one
or two words. This produces a list that groups articles by their
main headings, or what they are ABOUT, for easier review.
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Basic Search (see sample screen below):
Each
of the following searches produce a citation list with the most recent
articles listed first. Search for words in:
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Subject - Searches topics (see above) by which articles are organized
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Keyword - Searches the title, author, citation, and abstract fields
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Entire Document - Searches for all articles that contain your search
words anywhere. Full text searching of entire documents is not recommended
unless the term used is very specific.
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Publication Search: Searches for information
on specific magazine, journal, or newspaper titles. If you know which
issue an article is in, you can find it by selecting the appropriate journal
or magazine and clicking on the issue you need. You can also find out whether
a particular periodical is scholarly.
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Advanced Search (see sample screen below):
Searches various indexes that you select: date (da), keyword
(ke),
author
(au),
subject
(su),
and document title (ti), and for journal title, use publication
title (pu). For publication date (pd), you may specify "before"
or "after" any date you chose.
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Click on the drop down menu to Select index(es).
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Click in the entry box and enter one or more words related to the index
you have selected.
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Select the appropriate logical operators (AND, OR, NOT) to complete your
search.
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Click on Start.
Retrieval Screens: The Subject Guide
displays
articles by category
Subjects containing the words:
global
warming
Clicking on the Subject: brings you to a citation list (see
below) for this heading with folders listing number of hits for different
types of materials (ex: Magazines & Journals / Reference / News
/
Multimedia). Bold type represents those headings most frequently
found in Educator's Reference Complete.
Subdivisions: lets you narrow your search by viewing the subdivisions
of a heading.
Related Subjects: shows you other subject headings.
See (not shown here): provides a link to the
accepted subject heading
The Citation List: displays
a list that matches your search term(s) with various options explained
below:
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Citation (enough information to locate the article elsewhere);
Abstract (citation and a brief summary); Full-text (the complete
article online); and # PDF pages (where "#" represents the
number of pages which include pictures and graphs); About this publication
(check here to find out if something is scholarly); How to Cite (Do
NOT RELY ON THIS for your citations as it is inaccurate. Base your format
on the WSC Citation Guides http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/citation.htm).
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Mark - Clicking in a box next to a citation bookmarks an article
for later review or printing.
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To review, print, or email marked items, click on
on the top navigation bar.
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Options will be limited to Browser Printing without
Acrobat Reader options (see below).
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Mark all items on this page - Clicking in the box marks all articles
on
the page for later review or printing.
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Expand/Limit - lets you limit your found citations to articles
with Full-text, or to articles in peer reviewed publications, or by publication
date, title, etc..
The Article Screen:
displays
the full text of one article with graphics. Several Printing Options
are available:
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Whenever possible, use the database options to Print or E-Mail.
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Printing: At a full record display for a Full Text document, click
on Print Preview in the Tools menu on the right hand side
of the screen. Then click OK to print a formatted copy.
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PDF Pages: Use this to retrieve and print an image of the original
in Portable Document Format (PDF). Click on the PDF page(s)
link
(under the citation information) to download an image of the item to your
system. To print, click on the printer icon just above the document.
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Email: Click on Email in the Tools menu. Enter your full
email address, select the record format that you want to mail, and
click the Send button.
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Download: To save records or full-text articles from your search,
click on Download located in the Tools menu.
Please Logout (top right of your screen) when you are finished using
the database.
Maintained by B. Hubbard
Last updated 1-16-2008