Basic skills for searching business databases, Google Scholar, the Libraries' Catalog, e-Journals and much more.

1. Project Management
Database & Online
Search Process
At the
Regents Center
Library
Lissa Lord llord@ku.edu
Spring 2014

2. Dissertation Research Blog
http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com
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3. We need to know this:
(1) Find articles using databases (found in the Subject
Guides and at the bottom of the Libraries’ homepage –
www.lib.ku.edu)
(2) How to request full text articles if we find only abstracts
(WebRetrieve)
(3) How to use Google Scholar from the list of library
databases
(4) How to use the online catalog to find books and
request delivery to Edwards Campus
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http://www.lib.ku.edu

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Project Management is searched in
General Business Sources

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8. Link
Select this title

9. Notice the options for more information
about this article and subject.

13. We have looked at:
1.How to cite this
article in A.P.A.
2.References at the
end of this article,
some with
hyperlinks.
3.Articles that have
cited this article in
their own
references
4.Full text PDF
Link

14. What if KU did not have the full
text of this article available?
You would complete the “Request Not Available” form
and receive a link to this article in PDF sent to your email

15. Select the
Jayhawk if you
can get only the
abstract and
not full-text of
the article. The
process of
getting the full-
text article is
called:
WebRetrieve.

16. Google Scholar

17. Google Scholar from the list of Databases
Here Google Scholar links to the Libraries’ databases
1. Go to the Libraries’ homepage
2. Find databases at the bottom of the screen
3. Select the letter “G”
4. Scan the resulting list for “Google Scholar”

24. Want this book fast?
Use the Catalog!

32. What happens next?
Your book will arrive at the Edwards Campus,
Regents Center Library, within 24 to 48 hours of
your request. You will get an email telling you it has
arrived.

33. Does the library have
eJournals for Project
Management?

36. There are hundreds of journals in the
Business category. Try your luck, type
in Project Management as a title.

37. Double check the
publication information. It
is not always up to date.

39. Link
Most recent
contents of the
journal,
Project
Management

43. And, then what happens?
You will get an email with a link pointing
to this article within a few days.

44. This is the email I received through
WebRetrieve.

45. This is where the link took me

49. We have looked at:
How to find articles using the libraries’ databases by looking at a subject guide
and by using the libraries’ list of databases listed on the homepage
http://www.lib.ku.edu
How to find e-Journals which are linked from the libraries’ homepage
When we find only the abstract of a journal title and we need full-text we can
select the “Get at KU” Jayhawk and use WebRetrieve to get a link to the pdf full-
text sent to our email account.
How to search the Library Catalog for a book
We found a book in Google Books. Does the KU Libraries have this book?
How to request this book and have it sent to Edwards Campus

50. Questions?
Ask the librarian:
Lissa Lord
llord@ku.edu
913-897-8556