Finding Periodical Articles In the FCCJ Libraries

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Finding Periodical ArticlesIn the FCCJ
Libraries
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Periodical Articles

• Periodicals are publications that come out at
  regular intervals.
• They commonly include popular magazines (People
  Weekly, Time, Rolling Stone), scholarly journals
  (Journal of Education), or newspapers (Florida
  Times-Union, New York Times).

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Print Periodicals

• The FCCJ libraries subscribe to hundreds of print
  periodicals.
• You can find the most recent issue on the
  shelves, and back issues can be in either print,
  microfiche, or microfilm.
• You can use LINCC Search to look up the title of
  a periodical to see if an FCCJ library subscribes
  to it.

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Periodical Indexes

• To find articles on a subject, however, you must
  use an index.
• An index allows you to look up your subject to
  find what periodicals published articles on the
  subject.
• Today, most indexes are available on the Web,
  although print versions such as the Readers
  Guide to Periodical Literature are still
  available.

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Electronic Databases

• The easiest way to find articles is by using an
  electronic database.
• FCCJ has many online databases that offer
  full-text articles and advanced search
  capabilities.
• Almost all of these databases are available
  off-campus through the Web.

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LINCCWeb

• LINCC, the Library Information Network for
  Community Colleges, has created a Web site with a
  login page that allows you to access a number of
  electronic databases.
• The address of the Web site is
  https//www.linccweb.org/eresources.asp?lib_codef
  lcc0800

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Logging in to LINCCWeb

• To log in, simply type in your Social Security
  Number with no spaces or dashes. The PIN is the
  last four digits of your SSN.
• If you are a currently registered student, and
  cannot get into the databases, call any of the
  FCCJ libraries.

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Electronic Resources Available

• Once you log in, you can access the following
  databases and others
• Academic Search Premier
• Biography Resource Center
• Business Source Elite
• Custom Newspapers
• FACTS on File News Services
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
• Literature Resource Center
• Science Complete

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EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier

• One of the most powerful periodical databases
  available is Academic Search Premier published by
  EBSCO.
• It offers thousands of full-text articles on
  almost any subject imaginable.
• All of the articles come from well-known
  periodicals, and some include graphics as well as
  text.

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Using Academic Search Premier

• Once you log in to LINCCWeb, click on Academic
  Search Premier in the General category.
• Next, click the Connect to Database button.
• This will connect you with the Academic Search
  Premier database.

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Search Screen

• The computer will bring up the search screen.
• Options include limiting your search to Full
  Text, to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals,
  searching in a particular magazine, and limiting
  by date.

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Keyword Searching

• When you are searching for articles, you enter
  the keywords of your subject.
• For instance, if you are looking for articles
  about the effect of television violence on
  children, your three main keywords would be
  television, violence, and children.

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Boolean Searching

• To search effectively, you can use Boolean
  searching, which allows you to combine your
  keywords to limit or expand your searches.
• Boolean operators include and, or, and not.
• Combining your terms with the word and will
  limit your search to only those articles
  containing all of your search terms.

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Boolean And and Not

• For example, the search
• television and children and violence
• will find only articles that discuss all
• three topics.
• Searching for
• television and children not violence
• will find articles that discuss television
• and children but do not mention violence.

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Boolean Or

• Unlike and and not which limit your search
  results, or broadens your search results.
• It is usually used when there are two common
  terms for the same topic, such as death penalty
  or capital punishment.
• You can combine or with and
• (death penalty or capital punishment) and Florida

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Searching Academic Search Premier

• Using Boolean terms, enter your keywords into the
  search field (Find)
• and click the Search button.

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Article List

• The database will respond with a list of
  articles.

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Article Record

• For each record, the title of the article is a
  link to a summary of the article. The title is
  followed by the name of the periodical, the date,
  the volume, and page numbers.
• If the entire text of the article is available,
  it will say HTML Full Text or PDF Full Text.

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Viewing Full Text

• If the article is available full-text, you can
  click on the Full Text link to bring up the
  text of the article.
• If the full page image of the article is
  available, you can click on the PDF Full Text
  link to view the article in Adobe Acrobat viewer,
  which is available free at http//www.adobe.com

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Other Databases Available

• Aside from Academic Search Premier, there are
  many other online databases available through the
  FCCJ Libraries Web page. Use the one most
  appropriate to your subject. Others databases
  include
• Research Library Interdisciplinary database and
  New York Times Historical
• Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online
• eLibrary Information from magazines,
  newspapers, television and radio broadcasts, etc.
• To use these databases from off-campus, call any
  of the campus libraries for the usernames and
  passwords.
• To get to these databases, go to the libraries
  Web page
• http//www.fccj.edu/library/

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Still Have Questions?

• If you still have questions or need help with
  your research, call one of the campus libraries
  at the numbers below (All are area code 904)
• Deerwood 997-2562
• Downtown 633-8169
• Kent 381-3545
• Nassau 548-4468
• North 766-6636
• South 646-2179

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