Introduction to online library searching

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Introduction to online library searching

• The slides take you through some of the basic
  ways of searching the Librarys electronic
  information resources.
• It does not include making use of our printed
  resources but that does not mean they are any
  less important

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Help?

• If you have any problems finding information
  contact David Clark (Subject Librarian Science
  Technology) (Tel [phone], email
  d.clark_at_derby.ac.uk)
• Or the Subject Information Desk is open in term
  time between 8.45a.m. 8.45p.m Mon-Thurs, till
  4.45 p.m Friday between 10-1.00 Saturdays 01332
  591207.

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Logging into the University of Derby Electronic
Library (Udel)
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Use the Electronic Journals A-Z to find a
specific electronic journal.If you are using a
computer outside the University, make sure you
find the Athens login link(s) click on it
(them). Otherwise you will not be able to see a
full journal article we have access to.
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Make sure you find the Athens link to see the
whole journal article
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You are now signed in have access
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Another example of Athens sign in, this time from
the publisher Taylor Francis
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You can usually search by keyword within a
particular journal
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Or view a particular article from an issue of the
journal
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Searching for articles on a topic

• There are several databases which you can use to
  find some journal articles on a topic
• The following slides show you
• EBSCO Electronic Journals Service
• PsycARTICLES
• Elsevier Science Direct

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EBSCO Electronic Journals Service allows you
search across a range of journals we subscribe to
from different publishers.Its not
sophisticated, you just type in a few key words
it doesnt find all we have but its very useful
easy to use
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Again, if you are off campus, you need to click
on the Athens login link
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PsycARTICLES is a database containing the
complete articles of the journals of the American
Psychological Association (APA) others. Many
are not covered in EBSCO EJS so it is another
very useful place to search.No Athens login
link for this one (at the time of writing)
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Science Direct is the database of Elsevier, one
of the worlds largest journals publishers.
Though many of the journals are contained in
EBSCO EJS, the latter does not go as far back in
time as Science Direct.The first time you use
it, you need to register your details with
Science Direct.
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For later .Other databases widen your search by
indexing which journal articles have been
published. The Library will have subscriptions to
some of the journal articles but not others.

• e.g.
• Web of Science
• PsycINFO
• Google Scholar

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PsycARTICLES Web of Science are both available
from the Information Resources page
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PsycARTICLES Web of Science are sophisticated
indexes to journal articles may be searched in
a variety of ways.This does mean, however, that
they are sometimes not so easy to use.Remember
that they are worldwide INDEXES to journals we
will only have access to a limited number of
articles.For these reasons you may first wish
to try the searches outlined previously.
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Electronic Books

• We have a growing number of e-books but not all
  books we would like are available for Libraries
  to buy
• The next slides take you briefly though accessing
  electronic books how to see them but bear in
  mind that they have a lot of features so this
  barely skims the surface
• We have to use different e-book suppliers which
  work slightly differently to each other

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You can see a brief title listing of e-books with
links from the Resources by Subject Library page
for Psychology
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You can look for e-books using the library
catalogue limit your search to e-books if you
like.
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At present for Dawsonera e-books, you are taken
to the Dawsonera home page then have to look
for the e-book within the database e.g. type in
the authors surname.Hopefully this should be
rectified soon by Dawsonera.
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