A Basic Introduction to InfoTrac

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A Basic Introduction to InfoTrac
http//infotrac.london.galegroup.com/itweb/kgvc
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Chris Graney
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Introduction
Gale Group Who they are
The InfoTrac database
InfoTrac Pros and Cons
Tips on searching
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Gale Group - Thompson Learning
Head office Michigan, USA
UK/ International offices
Primary Reference Publisher
Organiser of full-text journals and newspapers
Merger 1998 Gale Group and Thompson Learning
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The JISC Agreement
InfoTrac Onefile and Custom Newspapers for three
years
Unlimited users
On campus and remote access
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InfoTrac Onefile
7000 indexed titles
Updated daily
3700 full text titles
Detailed subject indexing
Over 2000 with images
Unlimited retrievals
Over 21 million records
Backfile from 1980
Multi-disciplinary
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Newspapers
Broadsheets
Regional titles
The Times The Financial Times The Independent The
Telegraph Sunday editions included
The Scotsman The Evening Standard The Liverpool
Echo The Western Mail - Cardiff
Tabloids
International titles
The Sun, Mirror, People Sunday editions
International Herald Tribune Asia/Pacific titles
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Newspapers
Daily updates Backfile to 1996 Indexed by section
Included Staff written articles Freelance
articles Editorials
Not included Images and adverts Newswires Paid
obituaries
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What's Hot?
Vast range of information
Daily updates
Quality indexing
Easy to use interface
Stable service
Customer support
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And what's not...
One size fits all
Too American
Not a fixed set
No country of Publication searching
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Key points - InfoTrac
Common Interface
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Keyword Search
Most inclusive search
Searches the words of the article itself
Good for searching items not listed as subject
headings
Unique phrase, title or product name
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Keyword Search
Type in E commerce as a keyword and then click
Search.
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Citation List

• Results from the search will appear in a
  citations list
• To read a particular article, click on its blue
  title

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Article Level
After reading an article you have the option of
printing a hardcopy, or sending the article to an
email account.
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Subject Search
Infotrac will also allow you to search the online
database according to a particular subject or
field.
Enter a title into the subject search engine and
press Search.

The page will refresh with a list of indexed
articles relating to that subject area.
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Advanced Search
The advanced search option allows you to limit
searches according to date, publication and
words contained within the articles.
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The URLs to Remember
http//infotrac.london.galegroup.com/itweb/kgvc
http//www.galegroup.com/jisc
http//www.galegroup.com/world
Julie.stacey_at_galegroup.com
Katherine.jones_at_galegroup.com