1. Online Library Quick start guide
Online Library is the gateway to all of the library’s online resources including academic journals, e-books, images, newspapers etc.
Online library may be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection via the library webpages
Library and Learning Spaces
Last updated September 2016

2. How to access Online Library
From the Hope homepage select Student/Staff Gateway

3. Now select Library

4. Then from the Library homepage select Online Library

5. Log in using your Hope username and password

6. Searching for journal articles
Use the simple/basic search box to search for journal articles

7. You can restrict your results to peer-reviewed articles easily

8. And see immediately if full-text is available
Find Full Text shows you where the whole article is

9. For full-text select GO
NB sometimes database options are given, it doesn’t matter which you select

10. Then the PDF link

11. Advanced search options are also available
Here you may limit your search to within article titles or for a particular author

12. Going straight to a particular database
Select Find a Resource from the homepage

13. And select the database you have in mind from the A-Z list
Then click on the database name to access

14. Finding resources for other types of content (not just journal articles)
Click on the drop-down arrow next to Type, select a group then click on Find databases for a list of the databases within that content group

15. Finding databases grouped by subject
Select Subject Favourites from Category then choose a subject from the Sub-category drop-down menu. Don’t forget to click on Find databases for a list of the databases within that subject group

16. Tracking down journals
Click on Find a journal

17. If you have a journal in mind enter the title details in the search box and click on Go
NB It may not matter if you don’t know the exact
title, enter as much as you can

18. Click on the title of the journal you want to look at

19. Then select Go next to the database
NB It doesn’t matter which one if several are listed,
but one with access to the most issues might be best

20. From the journal record you can either search for a subject within that publication or browse issues

21. Looking for a specific journal article
Select Find a journal
Then Article Linker

22. Enter the journal title the article is from, publication date, volume and issue number, and start page
Click on Go

23. Then select Go next to the database
NB Again, it doesn’t matter which one if several are listed

24. Click on the PDF link for the full text

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