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Search Tips for OneSearch: Articles

Concise, step-by-step instructions for finding all kinds of things.

 

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HOW TO FIND ARTICLES IN ONESEARCH

1.  Type in your search, then click Articles.

OneSearch database, keyword search child development pets.  Green arrow indicates Articles in drop down menu.

 

2.  On the left side of the next screen, click the box for Peer-Reviewed Journals, then click the Apply Filters link.

Filters: one box clicked, Peer-Reviewed Journals.  A green arrow points to the Apply Filters link.

 

3.  Find an article you want, then click through one of these links: Get PDF, View Online, or Full text available to read, download, save, or print out the article.

An article: Pet Ownership, Type of Pet and Socio-Emotional Development of School Children.  Green arrows point to the three links that take you to the full text.

NOTE: If there's no immediately available full text for the article you want, be sure to click the sign in button (normal campus login) so you can request articles.  See our guide, Using Interlibrary Loan Services.

TOOLS THAT ACCOMPANY ARTICLES

When viewing articles in a list of search results, you will see these tools on the right side of each article:

 

Tools that accompany each article in OneSearch.

 

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Find articles that cited the one you are looking at.

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See the articles cited by the one you are looking at.

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Email the citation along with a link to the full text of the article (when available).

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Choose a citation style to generate an automatic citation (which may contain errors).

Pin

Save the citation to your favorites.

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Toggles between the current display and one that includes the toolbar shown below which has tools for exporting to RIS or Excel, for printing, for copying a permalink, sending email, or generating an automatic citation.

Standard toolbar for individual articles, books, and media.

How to Find Newspaper Articles

1. Run a keyword search (example: tigers habitat) limited to Articles.

2.  On the left side of the next screen, under Refine my results, then under Resource Type, click Show More.

3.  Click the box for Newspaper Articles.

4.  Click the Apply Filters button.

 

NOTE: You also can search dedicated newspaper databases.  Please see two lists of our newspaper databases: Newspapers - National & International, and Newspapers Local & Regional.

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