Using Wilson Databases

 

Applied Science & Technology Full Text

 Biological & Agricultural Index Plus

Education Full Text

 

1.  Go to the Hartness Library web site at http://hartness.vsc.edu

 2.  Mouse over Articles below the name of the library and click on All Databases in the dropdown menu.

 3.  In the alphabetical guide at the top, click on the beginning letter of the database you’d like to use, then on the database name itself.  Alternatively you can scroll down and review information about all the databases before selecting one.

 4.  At Hartness Library locations, you'll go into the database after clicking on the name.

 5.  At home, enter your Maple User ID (initials, birth month, birth day, zero).

 6.  Then enter your Maple password (initials, last four digits of your social security number).

 7.  Click on Login. 

 8.  Enter your search terms.  Keyword Search is the default.  You can choose any of the searches found in the drop-down boxes (Author, Title, Journal Name, etc.) for each of the three open search boxes.

 9.  Below the search boxes you may sort the results by date or relevance.

10.  You may also limit by particular dates, or limit to full text, page images (the article as it appears in its original print format), or peer reviewed (scholarly) items.

11.  Document Type: and Physical Description: provide more limiting options.

12.  Then click on Start on the far right in the middle of the screen.

13.  Click on the title of an item to read an abstract (summary) if available, or other information about the item.

14.  If the item is available in full-text format, click on the small blue icon on the upper left to view it as a web page.  Alternatively, clicking on the small red icon brings up a copy of the article as it appears in the original publication, with columns, graphics, etc.  You'll need to have Adobe Acrobat loaded on your computer for this option.

15.  Then click on the Print Email Save button on the left.

16.  Under Destination, choose which of the three you'd like to do.

17.  To Print, click Start on the lower right, followed by OK in the print box.

18.  To Email or Save, you'll need to choose the format you'd like.  Html (web page) is the most common, but text might be useful for email.

19.  If you want to make a list of records, you can click in the small box to the left of each record you'd like in the list.  Then click on Get Marked in the blue bar at the bottom of the page.

20.  Basic Search, Browse, Search History, Thesaurus, and Help are available in the blue bar on the left of the screen.                                                                         6/27/05