1. Using Articles, Part II
Week 6

2. We’ll cover…
• What are APPROPRIATE scholarly
journal articles?
• How to Use ProQuest
• How to Use Academic Search Elite

4. Articles in Scholarly Journals
• Research and
Analysis Articles
– Original work
– By subject matter
experts
– Often peer reviewed
– Always includes
sources
• Book Reviews
• Opinion
Pieces/Letters to
Editor
• Anonymous

6. Scholarly Journal

7. Table of Contents
Types of Articles
• Research/Analysis
• Book Reviews
• Comment & Correspondence
• Editorials
• Opinion Pieces
• Letters to the Editor
• Some may be Anonymous

8. Research/Analysis Article
• Tends to be a longer article
• May include charts/graphs/tables
• Includes sources/references

9. Book Review

10. Opinion/Commentary

11. Editorial

12. Letter to Editor

13. Anonymous

14. To Help You Determine…

15. How to use...
• ProQuest • Academic Search
Elite
•GENERAL RESEARCH
•GOOD PLACE TO START

16. In BOTH databases…
• Default screen = ADVANCED SEARCH
• Default search = KEYWORD
• Can also search by AUTHOR, ARTICLE
TITLE, PERIODICAL TITLE, and
SUBJECT and any combination of those
(e.g., AUTHOR AND TITLE)
• Can use TRUNCATION – with *

17. In BOTH interfaces:
• PRINT
• SAVE
• EMAIL

18. If you can’t find full text in…
• ProQuest • Academic Search
Elite
1. Click on FindIt! Button
2. See if we have it full text in any other database(s)
3. If not, see if we have the periodical in print
[Do a search in DuCat for PRINT holdings]
4. Order the article through ILLiad (inter library loan)

19. What if NOT full text in any
database?
• Do we have it in PRINT?
• If not, try to order thru ILLiad

20. How to search in...
• ProQuest • Academic Search
Elite
•GENERAL RESEARCH
•GOOD PLACE TO START

21. Searching in ProQuest

22. Keyword Search
Searches for keyword terms in all the fields of the
database record, as well as the article text (if available).

23. Author/Title Search
If you have an article citation and want to look
for the full text of the article in ProQuest.

24. Subject Search
ProQuest suggests SUBJECTS:
Can also do a SUBJECT search by using terms that ProQuest
considers to be a SUBJECT
SUBJECT = CONTROLLED VOCABULARY

25. List of Results

26. Searching in Academic Search Elite

27. Keyword Search
Default search is KEYWORD search.

28. Author/Title Search
Author last name and part of article title should do the trick.
If not, add more detail – e.g., first name, more of title, etc.

29. Subject Search
1. Article records include
SUBJECT TERMS used
by Ebsco
2. Can browse for SUBJECT
TERMS used by Ebsco
3. Can search with
SUBJECT TERMS.
SUBJECT TERM = CONTROLLED VOCABULARY

30. List of Results
Search with NO LIMIT on article type.
Search limited to
SCHOLARLY (Peer Reviewed)
JOURNALS only.

31. See the Demo Videos
• Demonstration of real searches using
databases at Duquesne
• How to access and search
– ProQuest Central
– Academic Search Elite

32. Try out…
• If you feel comfortable using ProQuest
Central and Academic Search Elite
• Try two of our Health Science databases
– ProQuest Health Management
– Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
(Ebsco)