Basic Searching
by Using the Standard Search Option
Clicking the Standard Search radio button allows users to refine or
pinpoint their subject(s) in the articles themselves. Users can search
individual subjects or terms or combine or exclude topics using the AND,
OR, and NOT connectors.
And
finds articles that contain both terms (e.g., drugs and sports)
Or
find articles that contain either or both terms (e.g., sports or
athletics)
Not
finds articles that contain one term but not another (e.g., gypsy
not Moths)
Examples:
- Environmental
policy
- cloning and
ethics
- gambling and
california and indians
-
art not
modern (finds articles that contain the term art but not the term
modern)
Advanced
Search
By selecting
Advanced Search from the main screen, users can limit searches to an
article written by a certain author (Dave Barry), to a specific article
title or name, or to a particular type of publication (e.g., journal,
newspaper, book).
Images
Selecting Images
from the top menu bar will provide users with pictures of flags, maps of
countries and regions, and current and historical photographs.
Printing
Information
To Print, select an
article, then click on the blue Print button at the top of the
record; then click on Print. A plastic copy card is needed to
print in the Santa Ana College Library; copies are ten cents each.
Downloading
Information
To
Download to a computer disc, select an article. At the top of the record,
click on the blue Save button. Click on the blue Save button
again. Then from the File menu of your Internet browser:
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Select "Save As"
from the menu
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Change the Save in
drive to 31/2 floppy (A:)
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Change the file name
and extension to .txt (e.g., article1.txt)
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Change Save as type
to Text File (.txt)
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Click Save
button to begin downloading
E-mailing Articles to an E-mail Account
To
E-mail, select an article, then click on the blue E-mail button
at the top of the record. Enter the e-mail address and subject (if
desired) into the blank boxes. Click on
E-mail
to send.
Citing the Academic Search Elite Database in Research Papers
(“Works Cited” Section)
MLA
and APA formats require the following elements (if available) when citing
an article: author(s), article title, publication name, publication date,
page number/range, database name, and date of access or use. MLA also
requires the name of library and town/city where the database was accessed
and the URL or site address. If no author is given for an article, start
with the title of the piece.
Academic Search Elite sample journal record:
Fundamental Rights and the Right to Bear Arms.
By: Stark, Cynthia A.; Criminal Justice Ethics, Winter/Spring 2001, Vol.
20 Issue 1, p25, 3p
Cited in Modern Language Association (MLA) format:
Stark, Cynthia A. “Fundamental Rights and the Right to
Bear Arms.” Criminal Justice Ethics 20.1
(Winter/Spring 2001): 25-27. Academic Search Elite.
EBSCOhost Web. Santa Ana College Library, Santa
Ana, CA. 29 May 2002. <http://search.epnet.com>.
Cited in American Psychological Association (APA) format:
Stark, C. A. (2001). Fundamental rights and the right to bear arms.
Criminal Justice Ethics, 20, 25-27. Retrieved May 29, 2002,
from Academic Search Elite database.
Academic Search Elite sample magazine record:
Guns ‘n’ Poses.
Economist, 5/18/2002, Vol. 363 Issue 8273, p.34, 1p, 1bw
Cited in Modern Language Association (MLA) format:
“Guns ‘n’ Poses.” Economist 18 May 2002: 34.
Academic
Search Elite. Ebscohost Web. Santa
Ana College Library,
Santa Ana, CA. 29 May 2002. <http://search.epnet.com>.
Cited in American Psychological Association (APA) format:
Guns
‘n’ poses. (2002, May 18). Economist, P. 34. Retrieved
May 29, 2002, from Academic Search Elite database.
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