1. Searching and research is a complex process.
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Searching and research is a complex process.
So many databases, so many titles!
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2. SFX links you to the articles you need!
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Now there is a tool to make research easier!
SFX links you to the articles you need!
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What is SFX?
Provides links between citations and full text of articles
World’s most popular citation linker
Used by over 1500 libraries worldwide
Links you:
to electronic subscriptions
the library catalog
Google Scholar
Inter-Library Loan
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4. Rather than searching for where you can find this article
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Rather than searching for where you can find this article
brings you right to any available Full Text.
NO MORE SEARCHING!
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SFX searches for what services are available for the journal or article that is cited.
Only displaying options that are available, including print and/or microform.
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SFX allows you to search for more articles by the author, export the citation information, search the web, and contact a librarian with any problems you may have.
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If Healey Library doesn’t own an cited article, SFX links to InterLibrary Loan and fills out citation information for you.
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8. SFX is enabled in Google Scholar on campus
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SFX is enabled in Google Scholar on campus
(off-campus Google needs to configured.)
links articles in Google Scholar to Healey subscriptions in SFX
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9. SFX creates a searchable “A-Z” list of print and electronic journals.
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SFX creates a searchable “A-Z” list of print and electronic journals.
These are the journals that are available through and searchable.
You can search journals by title, subject, or ID numbers.
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10. Anyone with a current Healey Library barcode can use SFX.
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Anyone with a current Healey Library barcode can use SFX.
You log in just as you would to use Healey databases.
Student
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11. Some of the most popular SFX enabled databases:
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You will see or highlighted text linking you to SFX by citations in most Healey Library databases and indexes.
Some of the most popular SFX enabled databases:
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Academic Search Premier
PsychInfo
JSTOR
CINHAL
ISI Web of Science
ScienceDirect
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12. LibX - A Firefox toolbar to search Healey Library
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LibX - A Firefox toolbar to search Healey Library
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13. LibX allows you to search the Healey Catalog,
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LibX allows you to search the Healey Catalog,
eJournals, and a number of popular databases
right from your internet browser!
You can search under a number of different parameters.
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14. When searching Amazon or other bookseller
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When searching Amazon or other bookseller
LibX will insert an icon that helps find books in the Healey collection.
Clicking the icon will search the Healey catalog and find any edition held.
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By right clicking on words in web documents you can search Healey resources directly from your browser. You can set what you search in LibX preferences.
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16. or LibX Google Scholar search.
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LibX also allows “dragging and dropping” of user selected words, titles, authors
from the Web, HTML articles, and PDFs directly into the standard LibX search
or LibX Google Scholar search.
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17. LibX can be found by searching Libx from the library homepage:
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LibX can be found by searching Libx from the library homepage:
(has a tutorial) or
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18. The citation manager for the Firefox browser.
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The citation manager for the Firefox browser.
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19. Stores PDFs, images, and webpages.
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Captures citations for library catalogs, PDFs, websites, newspaper articles, and abstracts.
Stores PDFs, images, and webpages.
Organize with tags, which allows searching of PDFs and YOUR notes.
Export citations to word processing programs in the style of your choice.
Access your library from anywhere with a zotero enabled browser.
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Zotero imbeds an icon in the address bar of Firefox. Clicking on the icon saves citation data to your Zotero library.
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21. User created tags allow you to find related items quickly and easily.
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Rather than having articles with notes in the margins, Zotero lets you compose notes about cited items.
User created tags allow you to find related items quickly and easily.
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Creating a Zotero Sync account allows you to access your library from anywhere in the world with Internet access.
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Using the Zotero plug-in for Microsoft Word allows you to easily create footnotes and a bibliography from your Zotero library.
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24. To install Zotero, search for Zotero on the library hompage.
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To install Zotero, search for Zotero on the library hompage.
There are instructions on how to install as well as how to configure Zotero to best work with Healey Library resources.
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25. Faculty (or librarian) created guides to library resources.
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Healey Library LibGuides
Faculty (or librarian) created guides to library resources.
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These guides allow students to access information through out the semester and accessible right from the library homepage.
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Tabbed browsing allows students to access everything from the Syllabus to research or writing resources.
Its all up to YOU!
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28. There are LibGuides for all the academic disciplines at UMB
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There are LibGuides for all the academic disciplines at UMB
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29. LibGuides: http://umb.libguides.com/index.php
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Contact Tina to start your LibGuide (or she’ll be happy to create one for you.)
LibGuides:
Zotero:
LibX:
Jeremy Seiferth
Phone:
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