InfoTrac Expanded Academic York College Library Information Literacy Series

Background n Expanded Academic ASAP Current month n From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers - with full text and images!

Features n Astronomy n Communications n Current Events n General Sciences n History n Humanities n Law n Psychology n Religion n Sociology

Subject Guide Search Subject Field: n Subject headings n People n Companies n Geographic locations n Events n Organizations n Statutes

Keyword(s) Search n Keyword search lets you match words in the articles themselves, not just in controlled index terms, thus a more flexible search method. n Keywords include everything you can search with a Subject Guide search as well as plenty that you can't.

Stop Words n Stop words are small words that are not indexed. n Stop words include such words as a, and, etc., in, of, on and to

Wildcards n An asterisk (*) stands for any number of characters, including none n A question mark (?) stands for exactly one character n An exclamation point (!) stands for one or no characters

Logical Operators (Boolean) n The and operator specifies that both words on either side of the operator must occur in the part of a record you're searching for that record to match. n The or operator specifies that one or the other or both of the words on either side of the operator must occur in the part of a record you're searching for that record to match. n The not operator specifies that the word before the operator must occur but the word after the operator must not occur for a record to match.

Nesting Operators n When you nest entries, the search system performs the operation within parentheses first, then merges the result with the part of the entry outside the parentheses. Think of math logic: (1+2)x2=6, 1+(2x2)=5, 1+2x2=5 n Examples: race or (color and discrimination) (race or color) and discrimination

Advanced Search n AbstractabWords in abstracts and authors' abstracts n AuthorauNames of article authors n KeywordkeWords in titles, authors, and Gale Group-assigned index terms n Refereedre"ref" n SubjectsuWords from indexed subjects n Text WordtxWords in article text n TitletiWords in article titles

Limit Search n Limiting to Full-text Articles n Limiting to Refereed Articles n Limiting by Publication Date You can use the following date formats: august 16, aug /16/ n Limiting to a Specific Journal

Search Results n Citation List: brief references to articles n Article Display: might include as little as an extended citation or as much as full text and graphics n Expand Search: The link at the bottom of the record that takes you to other subdivisions lets you expand your search

Retrieving Articles n Printing an Article with Your Browser You’ll get text with graphics, text, abstract, extended citation. n Using PDF Files (Acrobat Reader) You’ll get images of article pages as printed, formatted text. n Downloading to a floppy disk You’ll get text, abstract, citation. n Sending an Article by Electronic Mail You’ll get text, abstract, citation.

Online Dictionary n Click on the Dictionary link, enter a word, and click on OK n If what you enter matches a word in the dictionary, you'll see the page of the dictionary where the definition or definitions are found.

How to Cite an Article from InfoTrac Whichever style is used, a citation from InfoTrac will generally contain the following:  author (if applicable)  title  name of publication  publication information  pages or indication of length  source (InfoTrac)  accession number (i.e., article #) if possible  download date

Tips and Tricks n Always bring a floppy disk with you. n When print, use the Print button in the left-hand column. Do not use the regular procedure in Netscape. n When downloading, change document type to Plain Text {*.txt} if you will use a word processing program, i.e., MS Word or WordPerfect to open it. n Currently, The New York Times articles are in citations only. use Lexis-Nexis or for full-text. n In Advanced Search-Author Search, you may not see the result immediately on the screen. Scroll down to near bottom. n Select all items in Citation List selects the current screen (20 records) only. n More...

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