EDU532, Module 2 (updated 3.7.18)--Using subject headings to search for articles in selected/recommended databases for Worksheet activity

1. EDU532: Library
Research Guides
2. Databases: Finding articles
(Module 2)
Sandra Lee Hawes, MA(LIS), MEd
Graduate Online Services Librarian
Saint Leo University, FL
sandra.hawes@saintleo.edu
1.352.588.8262 (work)
Available Sundays through Thursdays
Or, contact the Reference Desk, 7 days a week
1.800.359.5945, reference.desk@saintleo.edu

2. Welcome to the online
library!
My name is Sandy Hawes.
I’ll be your research guide for this
series of tutorials:
1. “Discovery” search method
2. Subject heading searches
3. Peer-reviewed articles
4. Citation help/EasyBib
5. Finding full-text from a citation
SLH @ Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, April 2014

3. Navigate to the Saint Leo University
library home page
• Navigate directly to the library home page
at http://slulibrary.saintleo.edu
• Logon to my.saintleo.edu and select Library
from the landing page
• Within your course’s online classroom,
choose Library from the Resources tab
• Bookmark the address
http://slulibrary.saintleo.edu

4. Using subject headings to find articles
in databases
• From the home page, click Find an Article tab and
select a database to search
• Change the search type to “subject” (to do this, you
may need to switch from Basic to Advanced search
interface)
• Type in one of the subject headings you found in
your initial “discovery” search (see Module 1)
• Examine the search template and check off any
limiters that apply: peer-reviewed (for reports of
research), trade (for applied research), newspapers
(current events), etc.
• Add items under consideration to a temporary
folder for download (or set up a personal folder
within the database)

5. Using EBSCOhost
• Click the EBSCO link in the list, then use
the link for “All EBSCOhost Reference
Databases” at the top list
• Put check marks beside all modules you
want to search at the same time
• Or click on a single module title to search
that collection alone
• Switch to Advanced Search template to
use subject headings for searches
• Click the Folder icon to retrieve articles
you’ve selected

6. Using ProQuest (PQ)
• All PQ modules are pre-selected
• PQ usually opens in Advanced Search
• Includes ABI/Inform for research on
business training programs, etc.
• Once results appear, try clicking on
suggested subject headings
• Filter results with on-screen tools
• Put check marks beside desired items
• Collect checked items in folder to
print/email/download

7. Other suggested databases
• ScienceDirect (technology research)
• PsycInfo (human-machine interaction;
educational psychology)
• Sage Premier (social and hard sciences)
• Web of Knowledge (for advanced research
and literature reviews—see Module 5 for
details)

8. Let’s give it a try
• Try your own sample search in each
database
• Use the on-screen Help features within
each database for instructions, if needed
• Record your search results on the
worksheet
• Bring your questions to class

9. EDU532 RESEARCH SERIES
End of “databases—finding articles” tutorial

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