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Accessing Library Resources from Off-Campus
Users must go through the library's
main web page to access the library's resources from off-campus.
Each of the following databases are helpful for finding Business-related journal articles:
* Business Source
Elite
* ABI/INFORM
* Academic Universe (Lexis/Nexis)
- select "Business"
* WilsonSelectPlus
* Academic Search Elite
Each of the following are helpful for finding Business-related newspaper articles:
* Academic Universe (Lexis/Nexis)
~ clicking the News link accesses a variety of newspapers.
* Wall Street Journal
~ not available off-campus.
* Chicago Tribune ~ not available
off-campus.
* Regional Business
News
* Other
Electronic Newspapers
The database doesn't offer full-text for the article that I want. Now what??
The Elmhurst College Library offers articles in a variety of formats. If you can't find the full text article in a database, use the information from the citation and the following tools to find the article:
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FORMAT
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Use Illinet
Online
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"Start of Magazine/Journal Title" Search
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Print including bound periodicals, loose newspapers
and current periodicals
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Use Illinet
Online
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"Start of Magazine/Journal Title" Search
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Microfilm
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Look at Other Databases
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Electronic Full-text
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You can also call (630) 617-3173 or email
the Reference Department to inquire about a specific title or ask a question.
If you cannot find an article at Elmhurst, you can request it through our online Interlibrary Loan article request form.
Not all search engines function the same. Reading the "help" or "tips" screens will help you understand how a search engine functions and how to create the most effective searches. Does your search engine allow the use of ...?
* Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT (world war one OR ww1 AND memoirs)
* Quotation marks " " to keep words in a phrase in order ("world
war two")
* Special symbols like +, *, ! or - for truncation, proximity, adjacent words
or plurals
So now that you understand how to put words together in the search engine, what words should you use?
*Try using language of the discipline or subject you are researching.
*Use terms that are narrow and precise - this helps eliminate "garbage
results".
*Try to avoid terms with multiple meanings - the search engine doesn't know
which meaning you want.
*Synonyms are your best friends. If one term doesn't work, try another word
with a similar meaning.
*Spelling counts.
Now that you know which search engine to use and how to construct an effective search, how do you know if the sites that you have found are any good? Are they reliable? Scholarly?
Five Criteria
for Evaluating Web Sites - from Cornell University Library
Thinking
Critically About World Wide Web Resources - UCLA College Library
Don't forget to properly cite your Internet resources. It is an important part of the research process.
Writing
& Citing - from the friendly librarians at Elmhurst College
Resources for Documenting
Electronic Resources
The Universal Currency Convertor - How much are those yen or rupees in dollars?
Stat-USA - From the Dept. of Commerce, look up information of interest to the U.S. business, economic, and trade community.
Global Business Today, 3rd edition. 2003. Irwin McGraw-Hill.
Special thanks to NASA's National Space Science Data Center for the images of the earth.
Created on 27 January, 2003 and last updated on 03 Februaury,
2005
by Jennifer Paliatka, Assistant
Reference/Instruction Librarian,
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst
College