Quick Guide: ProQuest Research Library Plus
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- ProQuest Research Library Plus is a multi-subject source for journal and newspaper articles from over 1,800
general and academic periodicals. Full-text is available for
many articles on a wide range of subject topics.
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- ProQuest Research Library Plus is
restricted to use by GW students, staff, and faculty. It can be accessed from
any computer with web access, both on and off campus.
- To get to ProQuest Research Library Plus:
- In your Internet browser, go to the Gelman Library home page
(http://www.gwu.edu/gelman).
- On the left-hand side of the page, under Quick Links, click on
ALADIN (http://aladin.wrlc.org).
- (If you are off campus, here is where you will be asked to log in. See NOTE, below.)
- In the right-hand column, under Databases by Title, click on
M-Z.
- Scroll down to the Ps and locate ProQuest Research Library Plus.
- Next to the database name, click the Connect
button.
Alternatively, click on the direct link to ProQuest Research Library Plus under 'Need to Find Articles? Looking For a Good
Place to Start?', at the top of the right side of the ALADIN home page.
NOTE: If you are off campus, log on to ALADIN to access the ALADIN databases. Put your last name in the
first box. Put your GWid number in the ID box, beginning with the letter "G". For the
Institution, select George Washington from the dropdown menu.
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- Enter your search words or phrases into the search box(es).
- Phrase Search: In
the example below, the phrase genetically modified food has quotation marks around it to make sure the database searches it as a phrase, rather
than as three un-related words.
- Wildcard Placeholder: Notice also the asterisk at the end of the word food. That asterisk will return all possible endings to the word food. This is handy if you're
not sure whether to use the singular or plural of a word.
Scholarly articles: If necessary, limit to scholarly journals by putting a check mark in that box.
Finally, click on the orange Search button to execute your search.
Shortcut: Suggested Topics - Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the Results page and look at the Suggested Topics list. A more precise subject often appears there.
If we
change our search and use the suggested phrase 'Genetically altered foods', the results
will be better focused on our precise topic.
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- Your list of results should now be displayed. As in the example below, you will see the citation information for the article and the full text
formats available, if any.
If only the word Abstract is listed underneath the citation, only the abstract or summary of the
article is available in this database.
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- When you leave the drop-down menu selection on 'Citation and abstract', you are searching for your terms as keywords in all
those parts of the article's record. Use that
kind of search when you are beginning your research. Don't use Subject from the drop-down menu on the search page until you
verify that your
term is indeed used as an "official" subject in this database.
We found 'Genetically altered foods'" in the 'Suggested Topics' list, so we know it's an "official" subject.
Browse the other options available in the drop-down menus adjacent to the search boxes. Use the appropriate ones to limit your search, such
as company, location, or person. You can use publication title if you want to limit your search to one particular journal.
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- To Print or E-mail the full text of an individual article, open each article by clicking on either of these two buttons, if they appear in the citation:
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- To e-mail the article, click the yellow Email button, type your email address into
the box provided, and click the yellow Send Email button.
- To print the article, click the yellow Print button and follow the directions on the
screen.
Alternatively, to Print, E-mail, or Export a group of items:
- First, mark the articles you want to keep (by checking the box next to
each in the results list)
- Click on the My Research tab at the top of the screen. (The tab will turn orange when you hover over it.) This will create a list of the articles you've selected.
- From there you may print, e-mail, or export your bibliography.
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