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ProQuest Instructions

ProQuest is an online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases. The comprehensive databases include access to full text newspapers (national and Wisconsin) and to subject-specific databases in business, ethnic, minority, and gender resources.

Basic Search and View Articles

Step 1 - Start at the Library Home Page.

Step 2 - Select Indexes and Databases.

Step 3 - Select ProQuest under Major Vendors.

Step 4 - Select the Database.

• Click on the Select Multiple Databases link in the database line of the screen.
• Double-Click on the Database you want to search, ex. ABI/Inform. Or if you want to search more than one database, click on the Clear All Databases link, then click in the check boxes of the databases you want to search.
• Click on the Continue button. The Basic Search Screen will be displayed with the database(s) selected.
• Search Limits:
  • Date Range: click on the down arrow to select the dates to be searched.
  • Limit Results:
    • Click in the Check Box for only full text articles.
    • Click in the Check Box for Scholarly journals, including peer reviewed.

Step 5 - Search the database(s).

• Type in the search topic (ex: nanotechnology and prototypes)
• Click on Search.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 6 - View Articles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Citations are displayed in the Results list.
• Click on the blue underlined article title to view an abstract summary and other article details: author(s), publication title, date, volume, issue number, article pages(s) along with the full text article. If the article is in PDF (portable document format), click on the Page Image-PDF link on the results list.
• If the article is not of interest, click on the Back to Results link at the top or bottom of the page to go back to the results list.
• Click on the Symbol/Link to display an article
• Full Text or Text+Graphics Link to Full Text
• Page Image-PDF (Adobe Arobat Reader is required for viewing)
• The SFX link is the same as the Find it! button in other databases.
  Not all articles are full text. Click "SFX" to generate a menu that may provide the following options:
  • A link to the full text article in another database.
  • A link to the Stout Library Catalog to search for holdings in the library's Periodicals Collection.
  • A link to the ILLiad form to request the article from another library (interlibrary loan).
  • A link to Google, the search engine. Occasionally, some articles are free full text on the Web.
  • A link to the Ask a Librarian form, if there is a question.

Marking Multiple Records to Retain

To retain the citation, multiple records may be marked from multiple pages of the results list.

• Place a check mark to the right of citation.
• Click on the Marked Items link located above the results list.
• The article citations and html full text articles then may be printed or e-mailed. Full text PDF articles must be displayed one at a time, then printed or emailed.

Print, E-mail, or Save an Article from ProQuest Databases

Internet Explorer (IE) is the Internet browser used on the library's computers. The following procedures require IE for printing, e-mailing, and saving, or problems will subsequently occur. This is due to ProWuest being frames oriented while IE is not. These procedures also apply when using IE on personal computers. The only difference occurs while saving from the File, Save browser menu functions which are configured to the computer that is being used. Use the Print E-mail Save button for ProQuest whenever possible -- not the browser toolbar (e.g. Internet Explorer) commands.

 

 

Print:

• Full Text (HTML) or Text+Graphics
  • Display the Full Text Article.
  • Click on the Print button above the full text article.
  • Select the printer and click on the Print button.
• PDF (Portable Document Format)
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader must also be installed on the computer used to retrieve the article.
  • Click on the PDF icon and the article will be displayed in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Use the Printer icon immediately above the article with in the Adobe Acrobat software frame.
  • Make sure that the printer is selected if different than the default listed.

E-mail:

• Full Text (HTML) or Text+Graphics
  • Display the Full Text Article.
  • Click on the E-mail button above the full text article.
  • Click in the Radio button for full text or text+graphics.
    • Type in a full E-mail address, ex: smithp@uwstout.edu
    • Type in a subject (required).
    • Make sure the radio buttons are filled for Full Text or Text+Graphics and HTML.
    • Click the Send E-mail button.

PDF (Portable Document Format)

• Adobe Acrobat Reader must also be installed on the computer used to retrieve the article.
• Click on the Page Image-PDF icon and the article will be displayed in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• PDF is not available to e-mail without the E-mail icon above the article within the Adobe Acrobat software frame.
• If the e-mail icon is available in the Adobe Acrobat software frame, click the E-mail Icon and click on the Send Copy button to e-mail the PDF file as an attachment.
• An e-mail form will appear, type in the full e-mail address, ex: smithp@uwstout.edu. The subject is optional.
• Click on Send.

Save:

• Insert a formatted, 3 1/2" Floppy Disk in the A drive, a Zip disk in the Zip drive (Removable Disk), Jump Drive (USB Port), formatted CD-R disc, or save to the campus server (H drive).
• Full Text (HTML) or Text+Graphics
  • Display the Full Text Article.
  • From the browser toolbar, click on File, then Save As. The Save As window will appear.
  • Select a drive, 3 1/2" Floppy Disc, Jump/Flash Drive (USB Port), CD-R or BlueDrive.
  • Type in a filename, ex: prototype articles.
  • Under "Save a Type", select Web Page. This format works best when saving HTML articles.
  • Click on Save.
• PDF (Portable Document Format)
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader must also be installed on the computer used to retrieve the article.
  • Click on the Page Image-PDF icon and the article will be displayed in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Click on the Save Icon in the Adobe Acrobat software frame. The "Save a Copy" window will appear.
  • Select a drive, 3 1/2" Floppy Disc, Jump/Flash Drive (USB Port), CD-R, or BlueDrive.
  • Type in a filename.
  • Under "Save a Type", select Adobe PDF Files. This format works best when saving PDF articles.
  • Click on Save.
  • To retrieve an article:
• Click on My Computer.
• Double-click on A, C, Jump, CD-R or BlueDrive.
• Double-click on the filename.

Journal Title Search

To locate articles on a topic from a specific journal title, use the following steps:

Step 1 - Start at the Library Home Page

Step 2 - Select Indexes and Databases.

Step 3 - Select ProQuest under Major Vendors.

Step 4 - Select the Database.

• Click on the Select Multiple Databases link in the database line of the screen.
• Double-Click on the Database you want to search, ex. ABI/Inform. Or if you want to search more than one database, click on the Clear All Databases link, then click in the check boxes of the databases you want to search.
• Click on the Continue button. The Search Screen will be displayed with the database(s) selected.
• Search Limits:
  • Date Range: click on the down arrow to select the dates to be searched.
  • Limit Results:
    • Click in the Check Box for only full text articles.
    • Click in the Check Box for Scholarly (peer reviewed) articles.

Step 5 - Click on Advanced Search Tab located on the upper tab bar.

Step 6 - Search the Database(s).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Type in a search (in one search box), ex: employee training
• Type in the periodical title (in the next search box), ex: Training
• Drop Down Menus (to the right of the search box) - click on the Down Arrow next to Training and select Publication Title.
• Click on Search.

Step 7 - View Article(s).

• Citations are displayed in the Results list.
• Click on the blue underlined article title to view an abstract summary and other article details: author(s), periodical title, volume, issue number, date, article pages(s) along with the full text article. If the article is in PDF (portable document format), click on the Page Image-PDF link on the results list.
• If the article is not of interest, click on the Back to Results link at the top or bottom of the page to go back to the results list.
• Click on the Symbol/Link to display an article
• Full Text or Text+Graphics
• Page Image-PDF (Adobe Arobat Reader is required for viewing)
• SFX link is the same as the Find it! button in other databases.
  Not all articles are full text. Click "SFX" to generate a menu that may provide the following options:
  • A link to the full text article in another database.
  • A link to the Stout Library Catalog to search for holdings in the library's Periodicals Collection.
  • A link to the ILLiad form to request the article from another library (interlibrary loan).
  • A link to Google, the search engine. Occasionally, some articles are free full text on the Web.
  • A link to the Ask a Librarian form, if there is a question.

ProQuest Help

ProQuest has provided extensive help screens. To access help screens at any time during the search process, click on the Help button in the upper right of the screen. Instructions on how to use other ProQuest enhancements such as search methods, journal title lists, alert services, etc. depends on what screen is being viewed.

Remote Access to the Library Resources via an Internet Service Provider (ISP)

This symbol indicates restricted library resources for use by UW-Stout students, faculty and staff.

When accessing library resources using an Internet Service Provider (ISP) such as America Online, Airstream or a local provider, a username and password prompt will appear, and you will be required to enter your UW-Stout email password.

A Stout e-mail username and password is required. Distance Education students and students taking short term/weekend classes may not have activated e-mail accounts. If a Stout e-mail account is not activated, follow the Remote Access Instructions or contact Ask5000 help desk (telephone) 715-232-5000 or ask5000@uwstout.edu.

Remote Access Instructions are also available for additional information, i.e. connectivity problems.

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