Emarald Full text is a growing database of over
100 leading business and management journals.
It covers all the major management disciplines including marketing and logistics, operations and production management, human resource management and library and information management.
Emerald Fulltext can be accessed directly at the following Web page
OR selecting the relevant link at the following home page www. apiit.edu.lk/student
1.
In the top “Search for…” box simply enter a word or phrase.
2.
Then select the tick boxes to define if you would like to search for a complete phrase, an exact
match or word using truncation.
(Truncation finds variations on word endings. E.g
If you entered the stem legislate and check the truncation box, the database would find legislate,
legislature, legislation etc.)
3.
Choose what to search against: keywords,
company name, journal titles and abstracts of every article within Emerald Full text.
4.
You may limit your search to only the journals which your institution has access to, by checking
“Search only my subscribed journals.” radio button.
5.
If you wish you can also specify how your search results are listed. They may be sorted by
relevancy, or publication date.
6.
Press Go to search the database.
Advanced search incorporates all of the functionality of the Quick Search and makes Boolean searching
(And, Or, Not) easier.
In addition you may define your search further using some of the features that make Emerald unique, such as content indicators for readability, originality, practical implications and theoretical implication. You also have the option to limit the search by the style of the article and/or the year of publication.
There is also an option to hand pick which journals you would like to search from a list of Emerald journals.
Once you have performed your search, you have the option to add the results to your Marked List, which you can display, print-out, or e-mail to a colleague.

Emerald Fulltext can be browsed in a number of ways by clicking on the relevant radio button on the
Browse screen. The various options are described below.
Browsing Journals by:
Journal title – returns a listing of Emerald journals, including those that are archive only.
L.C. classification – displays journals based on their
Library of Congress Classification.
Subject – displays journals within Emerald’s own subject categories.
Browsing Articles by:
Keyword – allows you to browse on article keywords, which are selected by the author and are representative of its scope and coverage.
Article Title – this is the best option if you know the title of an article, or you need to find articles whose title contains a specific word or phrase.
Author – browse all articles contributed by a specific author.
Articles can then be identified by searching the database for a given term or alternately, by clicking on the initial letter for articles and journals in the A-
Z list.
When you choose to download and article, an electronic copy of the document will be delivered into your browser. If you want a paper copy, you must print the document from your browser.
When you have selected an article, the “Please choose a format” list gives you the following options to view or download articles:
PDF Document (View)
 View an exact facsimile of the hard copy article
 Large files but with the graphical content in place
PDF Document (Download)
 Downloadable version to save to disk or e-mail
 Please note that you will need to add ”pdf” to the file name. for example “p345”should be saved as
“9345.pdf”
PDF page at a time (Download)
 Download large PDF files in small, easily downloadable chunks
HTML Document
 Small data files
 Easy to copy and past text
RealPage
 Catchword’s version of PDF (smaller downloads)
 Gives a facsimile of the hard copy article
If you have selected PDF or RealPage and do not already have this software, you can download adobe acrobat reader or the RealPage Plugin by clicking on their respective logos at the bottom of the screen
If you want to e-mail an article, find the article that you want to e-mail and click on the “E-mail this page” button. This function allows subscribers to e-mail a link to the article to any colleague, or yourself. The article may then be accessed for 30 days (without need of a username and password) by simply clicking on the link.
If you require any further assistance, please feel free to contact the librarians.

This guide explains how to use these different screens to find articles and citations for your research and study, and how to get the most from your search results.
ProQuest is an aggregated electronic publications service.
It is one of the largest online content repositories in the world, and provides a single, integrated platform with online access to the full text of over 4,000 journals, newspapers and magazines with detailed abstracts and indexing for further 3,500 publications.
ProQuest Full text can be accessed directly at the following Web page
OR
Selecting the relevant link at the following home page www. apiit.edu.lk/student
Database s is available from the Basic Search,
Advanced Search and Publication Screens. It allows you to quickly scan database descriptions for
Subjects
Source types
Coverage
Links to title lists
Links to further information
In Basic Search, you can search by keyword or phrase. Simply enter your keyword in the search box.
You can join these words with Boolean operators
AND, OR and AND NOT to focus your search. To search for a phrase of more than two words, use quotation marks.
To narrow your search further you can:
 Select a Database, by using the drop down box to choose a subject database relevant to your query
 Specify a data range, using the drop down
Date range menu
 Restrict articles to full-text articles, by checking the box next to the Full text
articles
 Restrict articles to scholarly journals, by checking the box marked Scholarly
journals, including peer reviewed
For more choices, click on More Search Options.
This gives you the option to search by author, publication title and look for terms in citation and abstract only.
Choose Advanced Search (formerly Guided Search) if you would like assistance to perform more complex searches. It provides a structured framework to help you build your search.
1.
Enter your keyword in the box.
2.
Select the field you wish to search within from the field list, for example Subject. You can select items from dropdown menus with the most popular indexed fields including subject, author name and type of article.
3.
Once you have chosen your search range, click Browse to open a browse window. You can then select an item to add it to your search criteria if you wish.
4.
Select the field in which you wish to search for your second search item, and repeating the steps above.
5.
If you want to use more than three search items, click on Add a row and repeat the steps above.
As with the Basic Search screen, you can
 Select Databases
 Restrict data ranges using the drop down menus
 Limit your results to Full text articles only by checking the box
 Limit your results to Scholarly reviewed
titles only by checking the box
 Add search criteria using More search
option
If you require any further assistance, please feel free to contact the librarians.

IEEE Full text can be accessed directly at the following Web page
OR
Selecting the relevant link at the following home page www. apiit.edu.lk/student
The IEEE Digital Library Consist of a variety of
Magazines…………..
Proceedings…………
Where it can be searched alphabetically…
Or you can search by the author, all you have to do is to type the name of the author whoever you want to search for……….
Or you can search through proceedings so that you can search in detail...
Transactions………..
If a student need to search…………
For example if you need to search about a particular topic, lets say about networking then type the word networking and then you will receive PDF files based on networks………
All you have to do is type what ever you want to search in the search menu…
Further Help can be obtain from the librarians

ACM Full text can be accessed directly at the following Web page
OR
Selecting the relevant link at the following home page www. apiit.edu.lk/student
At the ACM website click on the Digital Library link…
Then you will be directed to….
Then click on the Using the ACM Digital Library Link…
Here several options are shown where it gives you several options…..
But if you need to search………………
For example if you need to search about a particular topic, lets say about networking then type the word networking and then you will receive PDF files based on networks………
And now you can download the full text by clicking on the PDF
Further Help can be obtain from the librarians

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