1. Searching ProQuest Ebook Resources Susan Watson / Lou Peck June 2007

2. Cross searching medical and other healthcare books and journals on the ProQuest platform

3. To cross search books and journals, run your search as usual in ProQuest

4. Results are combined on the “all sources tab, or available separately

5. To select only books, click on the tab, and then click on the book title or the “link to full text” icon. The book will immediately open in a new browser window.

7. Alternatively, click on the “Abstract” icon for bibliographic and index information about the book

8. ProQuest includes full index coverage for all titles. Indexing includes classification codes and National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

9. To build your search using MeSH, select “subject” from the selection of search fields in the drop down box. A pop up box will appear.

10. Choose your search term from the MeSH terms and click “add to search”

11. Your MeSH term is automatical ly entered in the search box. Continue your search as previously shown.

12. You can also combine books and journals in ProQuest results management tools. Mark the titles you are interested in.

13. Use MyResearch to create a bibliography, export your citations, or save as an HTML webpage (eg for reading lists) alongside journal articles

14. Searching only MyiLibrary titles

15. From the homepage, browse content by publisher, subject, or alphabetically

16. Quick search and advanced search are easily accessible from all pages

17. Quick Search allows “quick picks” of searching across all full-text, keywords (appearing in book description, title, ISBN etc

18. Results appear with hit terms highlighted Refine your search using the book subject categories, or by publisher, subject

19. Choose save search. A prompt to sign in to a personalised account appears in a pop up box

20. Click on the book cover or page numbers to open the ebook in a new browser window

21. Use the Table of Contents to navigate through the book The book is reproduced faithful to the print version

22. Alternatively, use the Search function to search within the text Hit terms are highlighted

23. Click on the citation link on every page to “grab” the citation in a variety of formats.

24. Use the “notes” field to bookmark pages, annotate, and paste copied text

25. Returning to the homepage, my account offers useful features

26. Use “saved searches” to re-run searches and pick up new results from books recently added to your subscription account - especially useful for complex searches

27. My bookmarks can be used as quick way to access selected pages, citations and annotations – for use in papers, reading lists, etc