Pro Quest Database Overview Pro Quest is a
Pro. Quest Database Overview Pro. Quest is a research database covering social issues, business, health, science, economics, current events and more.
Use AND, OR, NOT Use AND to narrow down a topic. Use OR to broaden a topic. Use NOT to eliminate a information not wanted. More search tips To search for a phrase use quotation marks (""). Example “ The Great Depression” Use the * character instead of spelling the entire word. Example farm* = farm, farming, farms, farmed etc.
Searching in Pro. Quest: Basic Search Type keywords in the Basic Search Box Connect search terms together using the word “AND” Example search: presidential elections AND Obama 3 July 22, 2012 Pro. Quest Database Overview
Searching in Pro. Quest: Advanced Search Limit the date range. Type in one key concept per line in the search boxes. 4 July 22, 2012 Pro. Quest Database Overview
Searching in Pro. Quest: Advanced Search Specify a date range Select a field to search in from the dropdown menu for more precise searches. 5 July 22, 2012 Pro. Quest Database Overview
Searching in Pro. Quest: Advanced Search Select a source type such a magazine or journal article. Select a document type to choose the type of publication. 6 July 22, 2012 Pro. Quest Database Overview
Searching in Pro. Quest: subject areas Click “List View” to see all the subject areas. Pro. Quest has “modules” that only contain articles on a specific subject area. Selecting a subject area is one way to narrow down and focus your search. 7 July 22, 2012 Pro. Quest Database Overview
Choosing a specific database. Click databases • Select databases from the list. Click the button after selecting 8 July 22, 2012 Footer text here
Looking for a specific publication, such as The NY Times. • Select “publications” at the top of the screen. • Type in “New York Times” • Select “New York Times” from the list. 9 July 22, 2012 Pro. Quest Database Overview
Author’s Name Searching by Author's Name AUTHOR or AU can also be used 10 July 22, 2012 Footer text here
Finding newspaper articles in Pro. Quest. • Click on the “News and Issues” icon to search newspapers. 11 July 22, 2012 Pro. Quest Database Overview
Finding Scholarly Journal Articles • Scholarly Journals have in -depth articles written on a specific subject and usually contain research. • Click the “Peer reviewed” box to find only scholarly journals. 12 July 22, 2012 Pro. Quest Database Overview
Narrowing Search results using “Narrow results by” Click on a source type. Select a subject. Select a location. Modify the Date Click “update” to see the modified results. 13 July 22, 2012 Pro. Quest Database Overview
Emailing an article to read later. 14 July 22, 2012 Footer text here
Click on “Cite” to generate a citation. 15 July 22, 2012 Footer text here
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