Accessing Databases Off Campus

Accessing the Library Catalog

Go to the Labette Community College Library Web site: http://www.labette.edu/library

Click on Library catalog

Type in a subject, a title, or an author’s name.

Press Go.

Click on The entry to get into the record.

Additional capabilities are available when you log into the Web catalog. The login for this is your student id number and the password is your birth year.

Accessing the Online Databases Off Campus

Go to the Labette Community College Library page: http://www.labette.edu/Library

Click on the Online Periodical Databases link.

Click on the Off Campus Access link.(Staff and currently enrolled students only.)

Type in your LCC student id number in the first blank.

Type in the year of your birth in the second blank.

Click on the database you want to use.

America’s Newspapers

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Select: America’s Newspapers or individual databases.

Type in: One to three keyword(s) used to describe the subject being searched. Connect the words with OR and AND. Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits.

Click on: Search (Results: list of articles)

Click on: The hyperlink of the desired article

Click on: Print in the menu on the right side of the screen.

Click on: Print articles

Retrieve: Select print from the menu or the task bar.

Facts on File News Services Databases

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Click on: Click here in News Services located in the cross search box on the right hand side of the page.

Type in: One to three keywords or words used to describe the subject being search. Connect the words with OR and AND. Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits

Choose: The databases to search

Click on: Go

Click on: Hyperlink of desired article

Click on the tab of the desired databases

Click on: Hyperlink of desired article

Retrieve: Print from menu on the task bar.

Gale Databases

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Type in: One to three keywords or words used to describe the subject being search. Connect the words with OR and AND. Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits

Select: All cross searchable products, selected cross searchable products or individual databases.

Limit by: From the pull down menu choose from the following:

· Limit by document type

· Limit by publication title

· Limit by subjects

Select : Magazines, academic journal, books, news or multimedia.

Click on: Blue hyperlink under the title page of the article to retrieve full text article, citation, and/or abstract.

Click on: Outline view to break down the subject into further sub-topics.

Adjust: The date with the bar on the left hand side.

Retrieve: Print, download, or email.

JSTOR

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For basic search:

1. Type in keyword(s), words used to describe the subject being searched. Connect the words with OR and AND. Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits.

2. Click on the red arrow beside the search box. (Results: lists of materials)

3. Select items from the results

For advanced search

1. Type in search term(s)

2. Select the fields to be searched

· For example: author, title, keyword

· May use up to 3 words or phrases

3. Select limits (i.e. year or format)

4. Click on “search” (Results: records)

Click on: Link to PDF under the red link to the article.

Click on: Ok in the pop up window.

Click on: Print icon in the Adobe task bar

YOU MUST HAVE ADOBE ACROBAT TO ACCESS PAGE IMAGE.

McGraw Hill’s AccessScience

For basic search:

Type in: Keyword(s), words used to describe the subject being searched. Connect the words with OR and AND. Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits.

Click on: “Search” (Results: lists of hyperlinks to articles)

Click on: Blue hyperlink to retrieve the desired item.

For advanced search

Type in: Keyword(s), words used to describe the subject being searched. Connect the words with OR and AND. Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits

Select: The content types to be searched

Click on : “Search” (Results: lists of hyperlinks to articles)

Click on: Blue hyperlink to retrieve the desired item.

Retrieve: Print or email.

Morningstar Investment Research Center

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Type in: The ticker or name of the investment

Select:

· Snapshot

· Quote

· Analyst Research

· Morningstar Rating

· Options

· Data Interpreter

· Valuation Ratios

· Financial Statements

· Key Ratings

· Charts

· Dividends and Returns

· SEC Findings

· Insider Trading

Click on: Formatted report to print in Adobe (You must use the print icon on the Adobe bar.)

Retrieve: Print, download, email from the menu or task bar.

YOU MUST HAVE ADOBE ACROBAT TO ACCESS FORMATTED REPORT

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

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For basic search:

1. Type in keyword(s), words used to describe the subject being searched. Connect the words with OR and AND. Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits.

2. Select search method (subject, keyword, entire document)

3. Click on search

For advanced search

1. Type in search term(s)

2. Select the fields to be searched

· Title/headline

· Source

· Subject

· Keyword

Select limits:

Documents with images

Peer reviewed

Content type

Subject area

Date

Click on: Search (Results: records)

Select: Desired tab.

· Viewpoints

· Reference

· Magazines

· Academic journals

· News

· Primary sources

· Statistics

Click on: Hyperlink for full text or PDF under the title of the article. PDF is page image.

Retrieve: Click on Print on the Adobe bar for PDF

Select: Print from the menu bar for full text articles.

ProQuest

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Select: Database by clicking the down arrow and selecting the database or choose multiple databases for a general search.

Type in: One to three keywords or words used to describe the subject being search. Connect the words with OR and AND. Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits

Select: Limits

· Limit by date

· Limit by full-text availability

· Limit by adding more keywords

· Limit by scholarly journals

Click on: Search

Click on: Blue hyperlink under the title to retrieve page image, full text article, full text with graphics, citation, and/or abstract.

YOU MUST HAVE ADOBE ACROBAT TO ACCESS PAGE IMAGE.

Retrieve: Print, download, or email using the icons on the Adobe Acrobat task bar for page image.

Print from the menu or task bar for other options.

WilsonWeb

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Select: Advanced or basic search

For basic search:

1. Type in keyword(s), words used to describe the subject being searched. Connect the words with OR and AND. Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits.

2. Click on start

For advanced search

1. Type in search term(s)

2. Select the fields to be searched

3. Limit by

· Date

· Full text

· Page image

· Peer reviewed

· Non peer reviewed

· Physical description

· Document type

· Subject

4. Expand by selecting also search with in the full text of the articles, for extra results.

5. Click on start

Click on: Link to full text html or fuel text PDF under the title of the article.

Retrieve: Print, download or email using the icons on the Adobe task bar for page image.

Print from the menu or task bar for other options.

WorldCat

For basic search:

1. Type in keyword(s), words used to describe the subject being searched. Connect the words with OR and AND Using OR will give more hits and using AND will limit the hits.

1. Fill in author, title, ISBN or year information.

2. Click on “Search” (Results: lists of materials)

3. Select items from the results

For advanced research:

1. Type in search term(s)

2. Select the fields to be searched

· For example: author, title, keyword

· May use up to 3 words or phrases

3. Select limits (i.e. year or format)

4. Click on “search” (Results: records)

Click on: Blue hyperlink to retrieve the material’s record.

Kansas State Library Databases

These are additional resources that are available from the State Library of Kansas. If you are located in Kansas you can access these by IP recognition. If you are outside of Kansas these may be obtained with a Kansas Library Card. (see pg. 20)

Go to: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/?

Click on: Explore our resources

Click on: Desired database

Search engines and limits will be different depending on the database chosen. For assistance contact the Library.

Kansas Library Card

(This is needed for out of state distance education students only)

Go to: http://www/kslc.org

Type in: Your pin number and birth date as MM/DD/YYYY

Click on: Submit

Select: The desired database to search