How Do I Find An Article?

Start at the library web page: http://www.kvcc.me.edu/library/.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: Click on EBSCO

Rounded Rectangular Callout: If accessing from off-campus, you will need to log in. If you do not know the User ID and Password, call library staff at: (207) 453-5004 or (800) 528-5882 x5004

Rounded Rectangular Callout: Click on the database of your choice, or click on EBSCOhost Web to choose more than one database to search.

 

 

Rounded Rectangular Callout: By checking the box to the left of the title of the database, you can search more than one database at a time. The following screen will appear

Rounded Rectangular Callout: You can also search each database for a specific title by selecting Title List.

After choosing your databases, this will be the next screen.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: Selected databases

As you can see, the databases you have selected are at the top of the screen (ex. Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition).

Rounded Rectangular Callout: Insert search terms in Find box Rounded Rectangular Callout: Check Full-Text box Rounded Rectangular Callout: Click Search

Here is the next screen that should appear.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: By using the term (cats) and checking the full-text slot; 8,978 full-text articles are available for you to read through.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: In order to lower your results, add another term in the second box (ex. Siamese). Rounded Rectangular Callout: Click Search

Rounded Rectangular Callout: Now the number of results should be lowered to 38  

The screen below shows part of  the result list.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: If the article is in HTML format you can bring the article up by clicking on the blue title (also by clicking on the blue HTML Full Text link).

The first section of the article is the publication information. The second is an abstract with the article following.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: This screen shows the publication information and abstract of an article  

Also, you can bring up the article by clicking on PDF Full Text. If you click on the title of a PDF full-text article it will only give you the publication and abstract of the article.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: To see the article on the screen you will need to click on the blue PDF Full Text link.  

Please remember in order to print from a PDF file you need to click on the printer icon.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: Also remember that there is a Search Tips link underneath the search term boxes. This gives you suggestions and ideas on how to use EBSCOhost to find articles you need.    

Please remember that Academic Search Premier is a general database that has the most full-text articles available. It contains very general subjects. MasterFile Premier has less full-text journals than Academic Search Premier. Business Source has business journals and contains some full-text. Health Source: Nursing/Academic offers very limited full-text articles on health related issues. CINAHL covers the Allied Health and Nursing journals. However, it is not full-text.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: You can always check to see what the database has to offer by clicking on EBSCOhost Web and reading the information next to the database title.  

If you should find an article in any database that is not full-text, but you really would like the article you can request an interlibrary loan of the article by clicking the link at the bottom of the citation.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: Click on ILL link

The library staff will try to find you a copy of the article for free. If we cannot find a free copy, we will e-mail you and let you know. If you are willing to pay for a copy of the article, we will order it for you. If there is a fee, it usually costs between $9.00 and $11.00 per article.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: Fill in your personal information

Rounded Rectangular Callout: Click Submit Rounded Rectangular Callout: If you scroll down the page, you will see your article information

As always the library staff are available through email: (slee@kvcc.me.edu or library@kvcc.me.edu, phone: 207-453-5004 and in person to assist you in any possible way.

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