Tutorial
Guide no. 30
SEARCHING PROQUEST
DATABASE
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Let’s enter ProQuest Nursing * Allied Health Source databases through
the US University Library (1). Click on Online Databases (2), Select “View
Full Text Databases” (3).
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Now click “Proquest Nursing & Allied Health Source”
Next slide click “My
Research” and register.
EBSCO, JSTOR and
PROQUEST are different
entities.
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at clopez@usuniversity.edu
After entering ProQuest through US University Library and register, the screen below appears.
For now, we will search for the article using the basic search. As you become more comfortable
in the future, search for articles using the advanced, Figures & Tables, and publications tabs.
Register
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( 1) Please, insert any term or article’s title in the basic search text box. (2) In the limit results area check “Full text” and “Peer
reviewed.” Full text shows complete articles, if they are available, and not just abstracts. Peer reviewed or Scholarly
journals satisfies the condition of academic sources as your Professor may require.
(3) Next, click Search. The first article is an exact match of what we are looking for, so let us use this one.
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(1)After you registered click “Save search” or “Create alert”. (2) Note the
“Suggested subjects” and master the database vocabulary. (3) Select the
articles. (4) Then click “Cite” for the APA citation or click “E-mail,” “Save to My
Research,” “Print” or “Export/Save.” (5) “Full Text” and “Citation…”
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Clicking on “Citation/abstract” provides the reader with a brief summary of what the article is about. This
is quite useful during searches concerning a topic of choice, because it eliminates unnecessary reading of
entire articles. Yes, an abstract can become a timely academic life saver! The next slide will briefly examine
differences between Full Text, and Full Text –PDF.
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Full Text –PDF is an electronic version of the article identical to the hard copy if
you had it at hand. Notice that “Understanding the role of principles in medicine”
is on page 396. Full Text –PDF is ideal, especially for outside reading assignments
and referencing the specific page numbers in the assignments.
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Clicking on “Full Text” gives the entire article, but it does not show the page numbers
associated with the article. For example, if I wanted to know the page number with
information on “Understanding the role of principles of medicine,” full text does not provide
that. However, some articles provide full text only, and at least that’s better than just an
abstract.
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For more information
• Please contact
• M.L.S Catalina Lopez-Alvarez
• clopez@usuniversity.edu
• (619) 477 6310 ext. 2017
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