TUTORIAL: Locate Journal Articles - Database Search Assistance
  
Viewing Selected Articles
 
 Locating Articles
 Accessing the Database
 Entering the Search Terms
 Focusing the Search
 Viewing Selected Articles
 Citing the Articles
 E-mailing & Printing
After entering the search criteria, researchers may select the "Search" tab to generate a list of results.

From the results screen displayed below, students may:

     1.     View the number of articles retrieved (10).
     2.      Review a list of citations which include the title, author, and publication information for each of the articles listed. For example, the fourth article entitled "Your Every Move" was written by Barbara Dority and published in the January/February 2004 issue of the journal, Humanist. The citation also indicates that the article is 6 pages in length and starts on page 14.
     3.      Link directly to the entire article by choosing to view either the web document (HTML Full Text) or the PDF file (PDF Full Text). NOTE: Viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader, the PDF copy will retain the appearance of the original articles as published in the journal.
     4.      Click on the title link, Your Every Move, to view an abstract (brief summary) of the article.
     5.      (Second Image) The abstract will assist in determining if the article is relevant and supportive of the information needed. Also note the subject terms assigned to the article. The subject terms may be useful in developing a subject search (SU Field) or in identifying alternate keywords/concepts to help focus and improve the search results.

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