2. When should you search in a
specific journal?
0 Your instructor may require that you use
articles from a given journal or journals.
0 This presentation will show you how to find
and search in those journals.

3. The Library Website
0 http://www.daytonastate.edu/library/

5. Click on the link “Journals A
to Z” at the far right of the
menu bar.

8. Type the title of your journal
0Type the title of the journal you need to
use into the box called “Title.” You need
to spell your title correctly.
0Then, click on “Go.”
0The title of your journal will appear in
red. Click on the title.

11. Now you need to log in
0Your ID is your student ID number, and
the PIN is the last four digits of your
Social Security number.
0Once you log in, you will be on the
search page for your journal.

14. Searching within the journal
0The search box for the journal is on the
left of the page.
0In the center, you will see information
about whether the journal is full-text,
and if so, what years are covered.
0Type your search term in the box and
click on the magnifying glass.

18. Using the results
0 The results are listed in order of newest first.
0 That may mean that your first results are not
full-text.
0 In this case, only results from 2004 and earlier
are full text.
0 You can reverse the order to oldest first if you
like, or sort by relevance so the “best” results
are on top, regardless of date.

21. Finding a full text article
0Now that you have your results sorted
by relevance, look through your list for
articles with links to full-text or PDF
files.
0It is best to use the PDF version when
you have a choice; they have page
numbers.

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