Learning Centre
Guide 8
Website: http://intolearningcentre.co.uk
E-mail: manchester.lrc@into.uk.com
Telephone: 0161 631 12 22
Using the Philip
Allan Database(s)
September 2015
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What Is the Philip Allan Database?
The Philip Allan Database gives you online access to copies of A
Level Law, Biological Sciences Review, Business Review, Chemistry
Review, Economic Review, Physics Review and Politics Review.
Great way of keeping up-to-date with issues in these areas!
How Do I Access the Philip Allan Database?
To log in to these databases, you need your OPEN ATHENS
password. You need to COME INTO THE LEARNING CENTRE to
fill in a form for this password. It is important that you do this as
soon as possible.
Once you have your OpenAthens
password, go to
http://intolearningcentre.co.uk/
online-resources/
and click on the OpenAthens logo
This will open the following screen:
Use your
OpenAthens
Username and
Password to log
in. If you do not
have a password,
come into the
Learning Centre
and talk to the
staff.
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You will see a list of INTO Manchester databases.
Simply click on the one you want to use.
Once you open the Philip Allan database, you will then see the
magazines that INTO Manchester currently has available to
search: this includes A – Level Law Review, Biological Sciences
Review, Business Review, Chemistry Review, Economic Review,
Physics Review and Politics Review.
Always ask
if you get
stuck!
At the top of the screen is the search box
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Add your search term here. In this example: House of Lords
This opens the following screen where you have to choose key
“filters” to narrow the search:
Start with Subject – select which Subject area your search
term belongs to– is it Business / Economics, Politics, Law or
Science? Then, Choose Filter
A list of results then appears.
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If you have too many results, you can filter further by File Type,
limiting your findings to resources such as Audio,
Presentations or Revision Help.
You can also search by a particular magazine, so only articles
from Biological Sciences Review, Business Review, Chemistry
Review, Economic Review, Physics Review, Politics Review or
Law Review are selected.
You can sort the list of results, click Collection, and change All
title groups to Magazine Archive
You can then Sort results by order of Best Match/ or Most
recent:
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Your results will appear in a list and you open any of the resources .
Click on the icon on the left-hand side of each result to read the
full text of the item.
Once you have opened a resource, Click
in bottom right-hand corner of screen — this will give
you the option to Open in Full Screen view to make reading easier.
For some resources, you click on the document and a ZOOM Bar will
appear.
You can then Zoom in to change the size of the section being viewed
on screen, dragging the button to make the text larger or smaller.
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Moving through the Magazine
Use the arrows at the left - and right-hand page edges to
move through your magazine.
Clicking on the print button to show a print preview of what
the article looks like.
Right-click on the preview to bring up the print screen,
select Print. Here, you can decide if you want to print in
colour or if you want to print 1 or 2sided
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Some extra resources to help you are also available on the
publisher’s website: these are always worth checking at
http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/magazineextras
Remember: You need your
OPEN ATHENS password
to use the Philip Allan
database If you do not
have one, ask the Learning
Centre staff
If you need help finding information,
don’t forget, the Learning Centre staff
are always happy to help you.
Come and see us!
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