info trac features many full text articles peer-reviewed scholarly articles video and audio files,...

Info Trac

FeaturesMany Full Text Articles

Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Articles

Video and audio files, transcripts

Translates to Other Languages

Print, Email, Save

Citation Tools

Social Bookmarks

What Is It?

Info Trac is a collection

of databases that has

magazine/journal

articles, newspaper

articles, and books on

a variety of topics.

Click or use the arrow keys to advance to the next slide

Forsyth Library Homepagewww.fhsu.edu/forsyth_lib/

Click “Research Resources”

ClickHere

Important:If you are

off-campus, you must first set up off-campus access in order to

search the databases.

Scroll down and Click Info Trac

Databases

Several databases are automatically selected. Search them all at once, or select only those databases you want, and click

Continue.

Select Databases

Click Continue

3 Search Types are Available• Subject Search

– Search by main topic

• One Search– Quick basic search

• Advanced Search– Combine terms and add

limits for a more precise search

InfoTrac automatically opens to a Subject Search

These are the main topics (subject terms) that include the

words “global warming”

Click the + sign to see subdivisions of each topic

Subdivisions of Global Warming

Total number of articles about

global warming

Articles about the Economic Aspects of

Global Warming. Click the words

“Economic Aspect” to see the articles.

Subject Search Results List

Check “full-text” to see only those citations with links to

the complete article

Click on the title to see the article, plus links to articles on related subjects

One Search

Click “One Search”

One Search” search screen

One Search Results ListRefine by

adding keywords, moving the date slider,

or limiting to a specific database

Narrower & related subjects

Click the article title to see the full-text, if available

Advanced Search

Click Here

Why choose Advanced Search?

You can search multiple terms, connected with AND, OR, or

NOT

Or

Select where you want to search for your terms

Click the tips link for

more info on advance

searching

Instead of doing a broad

keyword search, try a

title, subject, or abstract search for results that focus on your

topic

Options for Limiting your Search

Do you need scholarly/peer-reviewed

articles? Graphics or photographs? Full-text (link to the complete

article)?

You can choose what format you need, such as audio,

video, language,

etc.

limit by date, publication

title or subject

Type Search Terms Here

SelectAppropriate

Limits

Results of Search

Full Text Article

Photo and video results

Results are sorted by type

The green tab

indicates what results

are listed

For scholarly articles, click the Academic Journals tab

A Full-Text (HTML) Article looks like a Word Document

Options for working with this document are given in the Tools box

Change Translation Here

Click Play to Hear the Article Read Aloud

Print, e-mail, or download

Hear or download an audio recording of the article

Translate the print article into another language

Full Text (HTML) Article Translated into Simplified Chinese

Print or Download

Use Social Bookmarking Tools to share what you find

Citation Tools

Choose the citation style

Note: We do not supply this software. Only choose one if

you have purchased it yourself.

Citation Tools

ALWAYS check the accuracy of citations provided by a database, by using your style manual or checking with your instructor. These citations are NOT necessarily

correct.

-Warning-

Some articles are available in PDF format

A PDF Article looks just like it did in the print journal, and includes any graphics or images

Click the Printer Icon to Print the

Article or Click the File Icon to Save

the Article To Your Computer

Using LinkSource

InfoTrac contains only the abstract (summary) of some articles. Click

LinkSource to search other databases for the complete article.

LinkSource found the complete article in Science Direct

database

Some articles are not available in our databases.

This article was not found

Other ways to obtain articles

We may own the article in print. Search for the Journal Title

• If we do not own the article in print, we can try to get it

for you from another library. Just fill out an

Interlibrary Loan Request• www.fhsu.edu/library/ILL/index.shtml

in the Online Catalog to see if we have the issue you need, or ask a librarian for help.

For Distance Students

• If you cannot find the full-text of the article you need by using Get Article/LinkSource, you can request it

through Distance Services:www.fhsu.edu/library/distance/index.shtml

• OR send an e-mail containing the article citation to: refserv@fhsu.edu

Creating a free account in InfoTrac

• You can create an account that will allow you to mark and save articles, save searches, and receive new search results by RSS feed or e-mail.

To learn how, click “Toolbox”, then click “Named User Tutorial”

Questions? Just ask!

Judy Salm628-4537 jasalm@fhsu.edu

MaryAlice Wade628-4342 mawade2@fhsu.edu

Lynn Haggard628-5566 lhaggard@fhsu.edu

Angela Barger628-4529 abarger@fhsu.edu

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Created by Judy Salm & MaryAlice Wade August 2009 jasalm@fhsu.edu mawade2@fhsu.edu