This document provides guidance on using library databases and resources for dissertation research. It outlines how to (1) search databases to find articles, (2) request full-text articles or interlibrary loans for articles without full text, (3) request articles the library does not have, (4) use Google Scholar from the library's list of databases, and (5) find and request delivery of books from the online catalog to the Edwards Campus. The document demonstrates searching specific databases, reviewing citations and references, and requesting full-text articles through interlibrary loan which may take 2-4 days to receive. It also compares viewing articles in HTML or PDF format on Google Scholar and requesting print books for delivery from the main library

1. Health, Sport, & Exercise Science
HSES 473
Research and Library Databases
Edwards Campus

2. Dissertation Research Blog
http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com
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3. We need to know this:
(1) How to use databases to find articles
(2) How to request full text articles if we find only abstracts
(WebRetrieve)
(3) How to request articles the library does NOT have
(4) How to use Google Scholar from the list of library
databases
(5) How to find books using the online catalog and request
delivery to Edwards Campus
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4. Using databases
to find
articles
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5. http://www.lib.ku.edu

9. 2004

16. What Happens Next?
The Libraries, through Web Retrieve, will find the article
you requested. Then, they will send you a link to the PDF
version of the article in your email. Save this copy to your
computer or device. It is available online for only 2 weeks.
How long does it take to get the PDF?
Maybe 2 to 4 days . . . Usually sooner than later.

27. So, we’ve looked at two databases:
1. Sports Discus
2. PUBMED
We’ve cited them, read them, and looked at the
references at the back of the journals the authors used
to write the articles. Also, we looked at the journals that
have cited the titles we selected to look at. We even
“ordered” the full text of an article that was not
available at KU using Inter-Library-Loan, WebRetrieve.

28. Google Scholar

29. http://www.lib.ku.edu

33. HTML or PDF? HTML
gives you live links to
the resources
mentioned in the
articles—References.
PDF

36. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02488.x/pdf

40. What did we just do?
Google Scholar offered a choice of HTML or PDF of the article we
selected and we looked at the References from each version of the
same article. HTML had live links to resources and PDF did not. PDF is
like a mirror of the paper journal and HTML is a mirror of linked
resources found on the computer.

41. E-Journals

42. http://www.lib.ku.edu

49. Books

50. http://www.lib.ku.edu

55. What if a print book is available
and you want it sent over to the
Edwards Campus?

60. You will receive this book in 2 to 3 days
(approximately) and will get an email when it
arrives at the Edwards Campus.

61. Questions?

62. http://www.lib.ku.edu