| Electronic Information Resources - Databases and E-Journals |
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Search All Databases |
Look for more electronic journal articles on your topic in databases not
included under the Journal/Magazine Articles link
- select the subject area for your topic (for example Business Commerce and Economics)
- select a particular database (for example Emerald
Fulltext)
- enter your user name (VU ID) and password (library PIN)
- type your keywords or phrase into separate search
boxes (Search hints are at the end of this guide)
- optional - limit your search to full-text articles (whole article is available
to read/print on the computer)
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Database Search Results |
Full-text available (or whole article available
on the computer):
- Click on the link labelled PDF Full Text
or HTML Full Text and then follow the
hyperlinks through to the article.
Full-text NOT available:
- If an article is not available on screen in full text, you can
request an electronic copy.
Select Document Delivery and follow the
instructions.
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Citation Databases |
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Citation databases allow you to see how often authors or articles have been
cited by other authors after publication.
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Using Email Alerts and RSS To Keep Up To Date
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Email alerts/RSS feeds allow you to stay
informed about:
- new articles published on your topic
- newly published issues of your favourite journals
Many databases also allow you to save searches so you can update your
literature review as often as you like without creating a new search. For
instructions on setting alerts, look under Help once you have connected to
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Academic Papers |
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Search Academic Papers to find
published and unpublished conference papers, journal articles and theses
from universities around the world |
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Theses |
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Link to full-text theses from
Victoria University and from other Australian and international universities |
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Google Scholar |
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Google Scholar
allows you to search for scholarly
literature on the web, for example, peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from
academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other
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RefWorks |
Use RefWorks to manage your bibliographies and citations.
Link to RefWorks here.
- web-based bibliography and reference manager
- allows you to create your own personal database by importing
references from text files or online databases
- can use these references in writing bibliographies for papers
- can automatically format the paper and the bibliography in 490
output styles
Read the Access Details on the login page before you
connect to RefWorks,
which include:
- login details
- guides and tutorials
- technical support
Explanations and headings in other languages?
Once you have logged on to the RefWorks homepage:
- Select Tools
- Select Language
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Document Delivery |
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Book Chapters |
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This service is available to all offshore students.
 Print books cannot be sent overseas.
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Journal Articles |
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This service is available to all offshore students.
You will need to login:
- User ID: VU Student ID Number (for example: 5001234)
- Password: Date of Birth (for example: 03061983)
Please use the
help guides below before using this service for the first time.
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| Help Guides for the Online
Document Delivery Service |
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Electronic Search Hints |
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For Searching All Electronic Sources Except Google |
- List the most important keywords (search terms) of your topic
- Combine more than one keyword with "and" (for example: sport and
administration)
(If you have more than one keyword, you can put each keyword into a
separate search boxes on some databases)
- A phrase may be used (for example: business communication and
change)
- Use a truncation symbol (*) if the keywords can be singular or
plural (for example: sport* will find all words beginning with
sport... sport, sports, sporting)
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