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NVCC students can access the NVCC library search tools from a home computer.
The following steps send you to the appropriate library page and get you
started on a search once you have set up remote (off-campus) access for
your computer. Print this page and follow the directions.
1. From the NVCC
web site select Libraries and Resources.
2. On the Libraries
and Resources page select Set up access from off campus and
follow the directions found there.
3. Print the pages
of directions and keep them on file and follow directions to set up remote
access. This process will take you about a half hour.
At this point if you have
any problems, please contact me or follow directions on those pages about
whom to contact in case of problems.
4. When you have finished
this step you are ready to use the library search tools. The following
directions will walk you through the use of one of several search tools.
You should then try other sources on your own.
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In the first drop down menu
box, click on the arrow to see the menu for Library Resources. Select Magazine
and Newspaper Indexes - Search for Articles. Then click on GO.
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When you get to the Magazine
and Newspaper page, go to the drop down menu box. Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts, Medline, and Science Source are good source for science articles.
For your first search, select Cambridge Scientific Abstracts and
click on GO.
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Select Biological and Medical
Sciences for this search; then click on Quick Search on the left hand
side of the screen. When you are not sure which subject area to search,
go to Help.
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On the next screen you will
further refine your search. Type in your topic request (e.g. Daphnia and
temperature). Make these selections for the remainder of the blanks and
drop down menus: Select AS KEYWORDS, From 1980 - 2000 for
the dates, Sort by RELEVANCY RANK, Show CITATION and ABSTRACT.
Select the Biological Sciences database for your search.
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Your Search Results should turn
up numerous titles and abstracts on this topic. The keys to the abbreviations
are:
TI = title
AU = author
SO = source (i.e., the journal
the article was published in)
AB = abstract.
Your results show abstracts,
not the full article. In order to use as a reference in your written
paper you should have the full text. Jot down the title and go back to
the library page. From the first drop down menu select Full Text Periodicals
- Locate a title online to try and find the full article. Note that
not all of the journals will be available. However, you may be able to
find them elsewhere if you believe the article to be important for your
final paper. You can also go online to the Alexandria Campus, or to any
of the other campus library pages and check whether paper copies or microfiche
copies of that journal is available. Not all journals are available online,
but they might be available at one of the campus libraries.
From the library page you
can also search other library sources and the internet. Be sure to try
that as well.
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