Professional Research using the

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• Professional Research using the
• EBSCO
• Periodical Index

Sheila Benedum
August 2002
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Professional Research

• INFOhios Professional Collection
• Provides a highly specialized collection of over
  500 full-text journals, designed for professional
  educators.
• Includes ERIC, the U.S. Department of Education
  Educational Resource Information Center database,
  which contains citations and abstracts from over
  980 educational and education-related journals,
  as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests.

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http//www.infohio.orgSelect EBSCOhost
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Select Professional Search
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Select Databases, then click Enter
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Basic Search
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Search Results(displayed most recent first)
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View Full Text
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View PDF (requires Acrobat Reader)
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Add articles you want to Folder
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Articles can be printed e-mailed saved
to disk
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Set Preferences
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View ERIC documents only
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ERIC documents citation format
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Obtaining full text ERIC documents
http//www.askeric.org/
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Linked Full Text documents can be viewed
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Other Search Techniques
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Search by Publication
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Advanced Search
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Linked Contents for some longer articles
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Education Week, Mar 22, 2000
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INFOhios EBSCO Collection also includes

• Over 6,000 periodicals at all levels in 22
  databases including
• Elementary, Middle School, High School
• Academic, Professional
• Health, Psychology
• Careers, Vocational
• Sociology, Religion
• Business, Computer, Technology
• ERIC documents
• EBSCO Newspaper Newswire Database containing
  selected full-text coverage of more than 100
  regional U.S. newspapers

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