How To Find Nursing
Articles on the
1. Go to
Library homepage http://www.brcc.edu/library/
2.
Click on Find Articles, second link on the left
margin.
3.
Select Houff
4. Use either
the VIVA Online Journal
Locator or the VCCS Online Journal Search . They both do the same thing, though they
index different journals, so it is worthwhile to check both.
5. Type in the journal name you are looking for. Be sure and click the Title Browse button
6.
If you use the VCCS one, then click on the List Links
link.
7.
Then select which database covers the years your
article appears. The listing could be
quite long, as below. Click on the
hyperlinked database name to bring up that particular database.
8.
If you select one of the InfoTrac databases, you can
then do an Advanced Search as shown below.
Be sure and change the drop down box so it says Title. Whatever you know about the article, type in
that information, as there are many different ways to search, as shown in the
drop down box below. Or you can
always do a subject search if you are just beginning your research.
9.
Your search results will show up at the very bottom
of the page on the InfoTrac databases, as shown below. Click on the hyperlinked View word.
10. It will then
bring up the citation to your article.
Check to make sure this is the article you want.
11. Then click
on either the hyperlinked journal article title or the word Text. This will bring up your article.
12. Here’s your
article.
13. To print,
click on the blue Print button on the left margin. If you print from the printer icon at the top
of the page, it often cuts off the right hand margin on the article.
You’re finished!
12/17/03