OSU Libraries

We spend a lot of time talking about how to find articles and journals in the library, but that doesn't mean we're not a great place to find books!

Here's how.

From the library homepage, choose OSU Library Catalog from the Quicklinks:

 

 

So you are searching in an article database, and you find the abstract for an article you want, but the full article is nowhere to be found?  Don't get frustrated!  If the OSU Libraries have the article anywhere, you can frequently find it with just a couple of clicks.

 

Here's a sample set of search results from Academic Search Premier.  I'm using this as an example, but the basic set of tips here will work in all kinds of article databases, not just EBSCOhost databases.

 

By checking a couple of boxes on a search form, you can improve your odds of finding the sources  that will work for an assignment requiring "peer-reviewed" or "scholarly" articles.

This trick won't guarantee that you find scholarly articles, but it will improve your odds by filtering out a lot of sources that are clearly not scholarly.

From the library homepage, choose Databases from the Quicklinks list.

 

So the other day I was working on a research question, and I was trying to find an article that I know is out there - I know I saw it while I was working on this project.  And I tried and tried to remember the search terms that I used that other time so that I could find it again.

 

Most article databases let you create lists or folders of articles to save, print out, or email to yourself - basically, to keep yourself organized.

Here's how to do this in EBSCOhost databases.

Go to the library homepage at http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu (if you open this link right now, it'll open in a new window).

Choose Databases from the Quicklinks list.

 

Go to the library homepage at http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu (if you click the link now, it'll open in a new window).

Choose Databases from the Quicklinks.