Gale Power Search
@ DOROTHY H. HOOVER LIBRARY
These databases offer articles, some in full text, on a broad range of academic and technology
subjects, including arts, humanities, social sciences, and current events, dating from 1980 to the
present. They include such sources as newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals. Also
useful for information on art and design in Canada.
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Academic OneFile
Expanded Academic
Info Trac OneFile
Military and Intelligence Database
Religion and Philosophy Collection
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Computer Database
Gale Virtual Reference Library
LegalTrac
National Newspaper Index
To Start
1. go to Library Homepage
2. click Databases A – Z
3. select Gale Power Search
Off Campus? log in with your
OCADU username / password
To Search
1. select advanced search
2. enter search term(s)
3. more than one term?
Connect them with
ƒ and (to limit results)
ƒ or (to expand results)
4. select type of search
OPTIONAL LIMITS
find articles that are:
ƒ full text only
ƒ peer-reviewed
ƒ with images
ƒ from a specific journal title
ƒ within a specific date range
5. click
Daniel Payne, Head, Reference,
Information & Access Services
(416) 977-6000 ext. 217 dpayne@ocadu.ca
December 2011
To View Results
Revise your search:
ƒ enter more terms
to limit results
ƒ view only full
text articles
To Download
For individual articles:
ƒ use icons to print, email,
save
For more than one article:
1. click box(es) to Mark one
or more item
2. when complete, select
Marked Items
3. use icons to email, save,
print
Note: not all articles are full
text; to find a copy try
searching the title of the
journal/magazine in:
ƒ the OCAD Library
Catalogue OR
ƒ E-Journal Portal OR
ƒ Inter-Library Loans
(Racer) to have a copy sent
to OCAD
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use tabs to view
different types of
articles
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select full-text:
for html or PDF