ACCESS: Click here or go to the Ely Library Home Page (http://lib.westfield.ma.edu/) and find the link to Philosopher's Index in the blue section of the page. If you are off campus you will be prompted for a username and password (the same ones you use for WSC email).

Basically, you can enter search terms (words) in the search box and click "Search" to find articles. However, you have many options to get more targeted results.

• Choose a Search Mode
  • Boolean/Phrase allows you to combine search terms with "and," "or," "not"
  • Also search within the full text of articles will look for your search terms anywhere in articles, even if the terms don't represent the main focus of the articles
• Limit your results to Linked Full Text articles or by Language, Published Date or Document Type
• From the top toolbar (blue)
  • The Indexes button takes you to a screen where you can browse specific indexes (for example, you can browse a list of authors to find all the works by a particular author included in the database)
  • Ask-A-Librarian will open a form for emailing the Ely Librarian Reference Desk if you have questions

Advanced Search tips

Advanced Search has many of the same search options as the Basic Search to help you find targeted search results. Additionally:

• Advanced Search offers multiple boxes to enter search terms
• You can use the Select a Field dropdown menu to search for words in the article title, author, article abstract, etc.

Results

• Search results are sorted by Date. You can use a dropdown menu to Sort by Relevance, Author, etc.
• Mouse over the icon next to article titles to see a preview of each result (abstract, subjects, citation info)
• Use the toolbar at the left to Narrow Results by Source Type (for example, if you only want to look at Book content) or Subject
• Use the toolbar at the right to Limit your results to Linked Full Text or articles with Abstracts
  
  

• Full Text availability: From your results, click   or  
• If full-text is not available (no full-text links for the publication), follow the link Click here to Check Availability in the WSC Full Text Periodical Directory (http://lib.westfield.ma.edu/cgi-bin/ft_journals.cgi) and search the Directory to see if we own the journal, magazine, or newspaper in which the article appears. For example, you may be able to find the article in a different database or from a hardcopy journal in the Ely Library collection.
• If an article in the results list looks interesting to you, you can click Add to Folder
• To look at the contents of your folder, click the link Go to: Folder View on the right side of the screen

Printing, Emailing, Saving articles or citations (Not all options are available for all articles)

• To view more information about an article in the results list, you can click on the article title, or click on the link to HTML or PDF full text (if available). You can then select one of the following:
  • Print button :  This will bring you to the Print Manager
    • Click on "Estimate Number of Pages" to see total number of pages to be printed
    • Click Print and then click OK
      NOTE:  To Print PDF Full Text:
      Click on the  Link. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
      Click on the Adobe Printer icon toward the left of the Article window 
      
  • Email button :  This will bring you to the Email Manager
    • Enter your full e-mail address (e.g. yourname@westfield.ma.edu) and a Subject
    • Choose a Field Format or Citation Format (such as APA or MLA)
      
    • Click Send
    • Your e-mail message will arrive from ephost@epnet.com
  • Save button :  This will bring you to the Save Manager
    • Choose a Field Format or Citation Format (such as APA or MLA)
    • Click Save.
  • Export button : This will bring you to the Export Manager
    • Choose a format depending on the program to which the results will be exported.