SocINDEX with Full Text: Search Guide
This guide will show you how to perform a
basic search in SocINDEX with Full Text.
For more advanced features, check out
the "Help" screens in the database itself.
1. Go to Library Home
2. Click on 'SearchSMART':
3. Select 'Ebscohost' underneath 'Select specific databases':
4. You may be prompted for your student number and password (e.rolment pin or
Library barcode).
Enter
in these details and click ‘Login’:
5. You will be taken to the EBSCO interface – click on ‘EBSCOhost Web’:
6. Tick the box next to 'SocINDEX with Full Text', and then click the 'Continue'
button:
Note: Make sure none of the boxes beside the other EBSCOhost databases are
ticked.
6. This will take you to the search screen for SocINDEX with Full Text.
This is where you can enter in your
keywords (e.g. "drug use" and teenagers) and apply any
limits (.e. date range, 2003-2008):
Note: This search will return all the records held in SocINDEX with Full
Text which contain the phrase drug use and the word teenagers and
were published between 2003 and 2008.
Note: The keywords you choose will be dependent on your assignment topic. Make
sure you try alternate keywords and combinations of keywords, e.g. drugs AND
teens; "drug use" AND adolescents.
7. Click the 'Search' button.
The results screen will display a list of database records. For more information
about a particular resource, click on the resource's title.
Note: Sometimes your search may return hundreds - or even thousands - of database records. There are a number of ways you can reduce the number of results in the results list:
- Select one of the subjects to the left of the search results. (This will return only those results which have been assigned this subject heading.)
- Select a specific type of resource by clicking on one of the tabs above the search results, e.g. Academic journals.
- Re-sort the search results by relevance - select 'Sort by: Relevance'. (This won't reduce the number of results in the results list, but it will bring the most relevant ones to the top.)
- Repeat your search, adding another keyword or applying more limits to your search - click on 'Refine Search'.
8. Only some of the resources will be available in full text via SocINDEX
with Full Text.
If the resource is available in full text, there will be a link to the full text below the citation:
Example:
If the resource isn't available in full text via SocINDEX with Full-Text,
there won't be a full text link below the citation:
Example:
Click on the Article Linker icon to see if the resource is available through
another database or in print.
For more information on Article Linker, check out
Using
ArticleLinker
to locate full text articles.