WCC Single Search Basics: Find, Permalink and Cite JSTOR Scholarly Articles

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1 Example: Find scholarly articles from the JSTOR database on the topic mark twain using a search of the relevant resources in the WCC Single Search discovery service, copy each article permalink, and retrieve each appropriate article citation: 1. Access the Erwin Library homepage at Next, into the WCC Single Search box enter the topic search you wish to conduct with no punctuation; in this example mark twain is the search term, with the Keyword search radio button selected; finally, click the Search button Click the Single Search tab if the webpage hasn t already defaulted to display this first tab. 2. Click the Single Search tab if the webpage has not already defaulted to this search area 3. Into the WCC Single Search box under the Single Search tab enter the search word, or string of words, for the topic search you wish to conduct, using no punctuation or extra words 4. Click the Search button beside the WCC Single Search box

2 Enter all the numbers that appear on your Erwin Library patron barcode sticker into the Login box, with no spaces; then click the Login button 5. After clicking on the WCC Single Search button, a remote user of the Erwin Library online resources (that is, a person using any computer outside of the Erwin Library s workstations), will, at the Remote Location Database Access prompt page: a. Enter his or her complete Erwin Library patron barcode number (Using all digits on the barcode sticker with no spaces between any of the numbers) into the Login box b. Click the Login button Rev. 03/19/2015 Page 2

3 In the Limit To option list click inside the Full Text checkbox to eliminate all abstract only entries from your Results list In the Limit To option list click inside the Scholarly/Peer Reviewed checkbox if required for your research At the Source Type header click inside the Academic Journals checkbox to eliminate other resource formats, such as ebooks or videos, from your Result List, or to eliminate Newspaper or popular Magazine articles from your new Result List 6. At the Search Results page, if you want to retrieve only full text, scholarly journal articles, under the Refine Results heading on the left of the screen: a. Click inside the Full Text checkbox to eliminate abstract only items in the list a. Allow the automatic Update function to produce a revised Result list b. And/Or, under the Source Type header click inside the Academic Journals checkbox to eliminate other resource formats, such as ebooks or videos, from your Results List (This also eliminates Newspaper or popular Magazine articles from your search and produces a Results List that is nearly identical to one generated when choosing the Scholarly/Peer Reviewed option) c. Allow the automatic Update function to produce a revised Result list d. Click inside the Scholarly/Peer Reviewed checkbox to eliminate all non peer reviewed items in the list (JSTOR database articles are all scholarly, but some may not be strictly peer reviewed) e. Allow the automatic Update function to produce a revised Result list Rev. 03/19/2015 Page 3

4 In the Content Provider area click the Show More option at the bottom of it to open the Content Provider menu box. In the Content Provider menu box, click inside the JSTOR Journals checkbox. Click the yellow Update button to generate a new Search Results List confined to only JSTOR database entries. 7. For articles from the JSTOR database only: a. In the Content Provider area click the Show More option at the bottom of the area to open the Content Provider menu box b. In the menu box click inside the JSTOR Journals checkbox to confine the revised Search Results list to entries from the JSTOR database c. Click the yellow Update button at the bottom of the Content Provider menu box to close it and generate a new Search Results List Rev. 03/19/2015 Page 4

5 Note in the revised Results List that most entries have either a JSTOR Full Text link or PDF Full Text link, both of which will consistently open to a full text article 8. Note that all entries in the revised Search Results list for JSTOR now display one of three types of retrieval links at the bottom of the each entry from which you may retrieve the article full text, the article permalink and the article citation: a. Click the link, and: Rev. 03/19/2015 Page 5

6 In the Tools box click the View PDF link In the View PDF call out box click the Accept JSTOR Terms and Conditions and download to PDF link to open a new window containing the article full text i. In the Tools box above the article Summary area, click the View PDF link Rev. 03/19/2015 Page 6

7 ii. In the JSTOR Terms and Conditions call out box click the click the Accept JSTOR Terms and Conditions and download to PDF link to open a new window containing the article full text as it was originally published Locate and Copy the Stable URL for the article permalink (it will need to have the Erwin Library proxy prefix added to make it viable) In the Tasks box click the View Citation link to open a call out box from which you may Copy the article citation iii. iv. Retrieve the article permalink: 1. Locate the Stable URL field to the left of the Tools box 2. Highlight and Copy the Stable URL 3. Remember to add the Erwin Library proxy prefix to the front of this Stable URL before using it in an assignment to make a viable article permalink for later article access (Easy instruction sheet: Permalink Fix for Remote Use of Erwin Library Resources (PDF)) Retrieve the article citation: 1. In the Tools box click the View Citation link to open an Item Citation call out box 2. Highlight and Copy the article citation Rev. 03/19/2015 Page 7

8 3. Remember to verify and/or revise this retrieved citation for accuracy against a citation guide for the format (MLA or APA, etc.) that you need to use for your particular assignment or paper (Suggested Guide: Purdue University s Online Writing Lab) b. Or, click the PDF Full Text link: Click the Result List link to return to your Search Results List From a PDF Full Text link in the revised Results List, the full text article will open in the same window; click the Link icon ( infinity sign) in the right side of the window to open a Permalink box from which you can Copy and later Paste the URL into another document or assignment to use later to access the same article directly i. Retrieve the article permalink: 1. Locate and click on the Link icon ( infinity sign) in the area to the right of the article full text window to open a Permalink box above the article full text window 2. Position your cursor inside the Permalink box, right click your mouse, and choose Select All from the menu box 3. Right click again inside the Permalink box where the entire URL is now highlighted, and choose Copy from the menu box Rev. 03/19/2015 Page 8

9 Click the Cite icon to open a Citation Format box displaying this article s citation in various documentation formats, one of which you may select, highlight, Copy and later Paste into, for example, a References page iii. iv. Retrieve the article citation: 1. Locate and click on the Cite icon ( document page ) in the area to the right of the article full text window to open a Citation Format box above the article full text window 2. Highlight and Copy the article citation labeled with the citation style you need to use for your assignment or paper, in this example the APA citation is highlighted 3. Remember to verify and/or revise this retrieved citation for accuracy against a citation guide for the format (MLA or APA, etc.) that you need to use for your particular assignment or paper (Suggested Guide: Purdue University s Online Writing Lab) Or, at any time, click the Result List link in the upper left corner above the article viewing window, to return to the complete list of articles retrieved for your original search Rev. 03/19/2015 Page 9

10 The Erwin Library Reference staff will be happy to tell you more about these options in person in the library, or by phone at (919) or Ext from on campus. A librarian will also reply to a request made through the Erwin Library homepage using the Ask a Librarian form. Rev. 03/19/2015 Page 10