CSA Databases Searching

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Dudley Knox Library presents
Aerospace High Technology Database Aluminum
Industry Abstracts Abstracts (Microbiology C)
ASSIA Applied Social Sciences Index Ceramic
Abstracts/World Ceramics Computer and
Information Systems Conference Papers Index
EconLit Electronics and Communications
Engineered Materials Abstracts Environmental
Sciences and Pollution Internet Personal
Computing Abstracts Materials Business File
MEDLINE METADEX NTIS Oceanic Abstracts PAIS
International PsycINFO (1840-Current) Safety
Science and Risk Social Services Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts Solid State and
Superconductivity Water Resources
Abstracts Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Welcome
Irene Berry, Research Librarian Dudley Knox
Library
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Why use CSA?
BUT.

• Content is scholarly
• Index is sophisticated
• Uses descriptors standard, accepted terms for
  concepts.
• Offers articles with references you can use
  these to find MORE
• Loves RefWorks

• Little full-text. CSA doesnt own much content
  its strength is in indexing citations
• Little general interest articles or news. Think
  of cited articles with bibliographies. Is this
  what you want?

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http//www.nps.edu/Library/index
CSA can be reached from the databases page
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What does CSA cover?
Select a general subject area, the click GO.
Tip Political Science is under Social
Sciences.
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Tip select Advanced Search to combine search
terms in a more sophisticated way.
Enter your search terms. CSA will show you which
databases contain matches for your terms.
Click Search.
DID YOU KNOW You can change the search interface
to display in other languages than English?
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This screen displays the databases containing
matches for your seach terms. Scroll down to see
the one with the highest number of matchesor
select another from the list.
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This is the start of the list of matching
citations.
View Record to see the full citation.
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Read an abstract (or summary) here.
IMPORTANT Note that CSA databases do not
automatically provide article content. In this
case, the article IS available. Click Full-Text
Linking, to get it.
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.what if a full-text link is NOT available? CSA
can check our librarys catalog (BOSUN) to see if
we have the journal available here. Click Links
to Holdings.
Then click SEARCH, and you will be connected to a
completed BOSUN search for World Policy Journal.
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In this case we do have a subscription to World
Policy Journal. Check for the required issue, and
click URL to be connected to it.
TIP you may wish to open BOSUN in another window
and check for the title manually.
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but what if we didnt have the journal needed?
In that case, the article can be located for you
at another library, and sent as a .pdf to you.
Click InterLibrary Loan.
The form will be filled out for you, except for
your personal information. Fill in your
information, then click Send the Request. Your
request will be forwarded to our librarys
Interlibrary Loan staff, and the article will
appear in your email.
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RefWorks and CSA
CSA works easily with RefWorks. To export a
citation to your RefWorks account, mark the
records you want, and click Refworks.
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http//library.nps.navy.mil/home/refworksstart.htm
TIP To find out more about RefWorks, take one of
our FREE RefWorks workshops, or see our Getting
Started page, here.
TIP The current schedule for library workshops
is available at http//library.nps.navy.mil/home/
classes.htm
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You will be prompted to log in to your Refworks
account. The citation will then appear in your
RefWorks account, ready for you to work with.
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Research Assistance is available!

• Reach any of the subject specialists in the
  library via the Ask A Library webpage
• http//library.nps.navy.mil/home/researchassistanc
  e.htm
• Call or click to reach us live, M-F 0900-1600
• [phone] DSN 756-2485