Access

From home (via the internet): Go to the library’s homepage, http://www.stanislauslibrary.org.  From the options on the left choose “Find/Renew Materials,” then “Magazine Articles” from the box that appears.  Select the Magazines and Newspapers option.  Be prepared to enter your library card number and the last 4 digits of your phone number.

From the library terminals: Choose “Online Databases.”  Select EBSCO Host.  Select the Magazines and Newspapers option.

Choose Databases

Select the databases to be searched by checking the small boxes next to the database titles/descriptions.  Clicking on the “More Information” link below a database title will grant the user access to database-specific search tips and other special features.  The “Title List” link will show a list of magazines or newspapers indexed in the database.

• MasterFILE Premier: article database, 1800+ magazines/journals w/full-text.  This should be automatically checked.
• Newspaper Source: full-text for selected U.S./International newspapers.
• Health Source—Consumer Edition: abstracts, indexing, and selected full-text for many general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.

Search

• If you are at home, be sure to click on the “Advanced Search” tab before proceeding.
• Enter your search terms in the “find” boxes; if you want to specify author, article title, etc. you can select from the options in the box marked “default fields.”
• Make sure that the box marked “Full Text Articles” is checked.
• If you only want scholarly or professional journals, check the box marked “Peer Reviewed Journals”
• Other options are available for narrowing your search; ask a reference librarian if you need assistance with these.

Results

• Click on the title of the article to view the abstract and the article in HTML (text only) format.
• If the full text is available in PDF (which includes pictures, graphs, etc.), click on the words that say “PDF Full Text” on the abstract page; these words are located above the title of the article.
• To email articles: click the Email icon; enter your email address, a subject line, and make sure the appropriate boxes are selected.  Click “send.”
• To print articles: click the Print icon.

If you need help, please see a librarian at the Reference Desk or call 558-7814.