Finding Articles
Digital Dissertations
EBSCOhost
JSTOR
LexixNexis
Proquest
PsycInfo
Digital Dissertations (ProQuest)
Search
Guide
Searching tips for accessing and downloading thesis and
dissertations.
EBSCOhost
Viewing
Results
Screenshots illustrating features available for interpreting and
managing search results
The My EBSCOhost Personalization Folder
Video
illustrating the features of MyEBSCOhost
My
EBSCOhost Folder Help Sheet
Screenshots illustrating how to use My
EBSCOhost
User
Guide - Searching
Basic, Advanced & Visual Searching, Result List,
Article Details, Additional Features
CINAHL with
Full Text: Advanced Searching Techniques
Video illustrating searching
techniques to refine searches
JSTOR
Learn how to use basic search, advanced search, and how to refine search results. (2 minutes)
The tutorials below can be downloaded and viewed using Windows Media, iTunes, Flash, or QuickTime media players.
English video: Flash (with quiz!) (6.2mb) Windows Media (7.2mb) QuickTime (5.9mb) IPod (m4v) (5.9mb)
LexixNexis
LexisNexis
Tutorials
Four tutorials on using the LexisNexis database
Power
Search: Use the Index
Instructions on how to narrow your search using
index terms
LexisNexis Business
Company
Dossier: Compare Companies
Instructions on how to compare companies using
Company Dossier
Company
Dossier: Get A Company Profile
Instructions on how to get a Company
Profile using Company Dossier
Company
Dossier: Make A Company List
Instructions for creating a company list
using Company Dossier
LexisNexis Legal*
Legal
Search: Get A Case
Instructions for finding a specific case
Finding Cases
How to Find a Case by Party Name
or Citation
- On the sidebar to the right, under Legal Searches, click on Federal and State Cases.
- If you know the party name(s), type that into the space provided for Case Name.
- If you know the citation, type that into the space provided for Citation Number.
- Click on the red Search button.
- On the sidebar to the right, under Legal Searches, click on Federal and State Cases
- Enter Search Terms: Choose to search by Terms and Connectors or
Natural Language.
- Use terms that relate to the important issues and facts involved in your research. Do not use common words like “law”. Think of unique terms or phrases that describe your topic.
- If you are using Terms and Connectors searching, click on “View Connectors” to choose the appropriate connectors between terms.
- If you are using Natural Language searching, enter a question, a sentence, or a few descriptive terms.
- Use quotation marks for an exact phrase.
- Select Sources: Search all Federal and State Cases or use the dropdown menu to select a smaller group of cases to search: Federal Cases, Supreme Court Cases, Arizona Cases, etc.
- Specify Date: Choose to search all available dates or limit your search by clicking on the dropdown menu and choosing a specific date or range of dates.
- Click on the red Search button.
- On the sidebar to the right, under Legal Searches, click on Shepard’s Citations.
- Enter the citation.
Or
- To Shepardize a case you are reading, click on the dropdown menu under Next Steps, click on Shepardize and then click on GO.
- Law reviews are the default when you click on the red Legal tab.
- If you know the full or partial title of an article, type that into the space provided for Title of Article.
- If you know the author of an article, type that into the space provided for Author.
- If you know the citation of an article, type that into the space provided
for Article Citation.
- Click on Citation Help if you need formatting help.
- Click on the red Search button.
- Law Reviews are the default when you click on the red Legal tab.
- Enter Search Terms: Choose to search by Terms and Connectors or
Natural Language.
- Use terms that relate to the important issues and facts involved in your research. Do not use common words like “law”. Think of unique terms or phrases that describe your topic.
- If you are using Terms and Connectors searching, click on “View Connectors” to choose the appropriate connectors between terms.
- If you are using Natural Language searching, enter a question, a sentence, or a few descriptive terms.
- Use quotation marks for an exact phrase.
- Select Sources: Search all U.S. and Canadian Law Reviews or use the
dropdown menu to select a smaller group of articles to search: UK Law Journals,
ADR, Banking, Environmental, etc.
- Click the Source Information icon to learn more about the contents of the currently selected source, including available document sections, information on updates, coverage/span, source overview, copyright, and publisher information.
- To search a specific journal title, enter the name of the journal into the space provided for Title of Journal.
- How to Search Within Document Sections: Click the Show or Hide link
to show or hide the document section search options. Document sections are
specific fields of a document in which you may target your search. Using them in
your search is a good way to narrow or limit your search when using common terms
or when there are many articles on a general topic. For example, you may wish to
search on the name of an author or the title of an article, or for specific
words only within the headline. You may construct a search entirely out of
document sections or combine a document section search with your other search
terms. Follow the steps below to search within a document section:
- Select whether to use the AND or OR connector when your document segment restriction is added to your search.
- Select a document section from the Section dropdown list.
- Enter search terms that are appropriate for the section you selected in the Terms text box.
- Click the “Add to search” link to add your segment search criteria to the Enter Search Terms field. The syntax of your segment search will be automatically formulated.
- Repeat these steps to add as many document section criteria as you wish.
- Here are some examples:
- title (important or benchmark or influential /5 decision or case! or opinion) and immigration
- title (wrongful life); name (theodore w/3 mcdowell or mc dowell)
- Click on the red Search button.
- Specify Date: Choose to search all available dates or limit your search by clicking on the dropdown menu and choosing a specific date or range of dates.
- Click on the red Search button.
*Adapted from the Ross-Blakley Law Library
LexisNexis News
News
Search: Find A Critical Review
Instructions for finding reviews of books,
theater, products and restaurants
News
Search: Find An Editorial Or Opinion Piece
Instructions for finding an
editorial or opinion piece
Sources
Tab: Find Foreign Language News
Iinstructions for finding Foreign
Language publications
Sources
Tab: Search Newspapers By State
Instructions on how to search News by
State
Proquest
ProQuest
Quick Reference Guide
An introduction to using ProQuest databases