WebSPIRSSilverplatterARC2

Databases include: British Nursing Index – Cinahl – ERIC – Geobase – GeoRef –

ICONDA – Mathsci – Medline – SERFILE – Sociological Abstracts – Sports Discus

From Home, enter University Home page (http://www.gre.ac.uk).

In University, log on and select Internet Explorer

On UniversityHome page

SelectLibrary

andOnline

Learning

From Library Home page select Electronic Information Products

Select View Electronic Databases

Or, if unsure which

Database required,

select

View Electronic Databases

(with descriptions)

Choose Database from Drop-down lists or from List with descriptions.

From within University, select either Intranet or

Athens/Silverplatter Arc2. Externally select

Athens/Silverplatter Arc2.

Helpsheet, available from Database Help files, then Webspirs/Silverplatter Arc2 databases

Through Intranet: Username and

Password available from Library Enquiry

desk on production of Resource card N.B. May not work through student network, so use

Athens

Through Athens: Log in, then select

Silverplatter Arc2 from list

Tick boxes next to

required Databases and

click on Start searching

Or click on + sign next to Database to list years

covered, tick box next to required years, then click on

Start searching. N.B. Clicking on ‘i’ will

display information about the Database

If unsure which Database to use, select

Suggest databases. Type in search term,

then click on Suggest databases again.

Databases will be ranked according to

number of hits.

If Database unavailable, try again later

Type in search terms. If searching for a phrase, enclose phrase in inverted commas to ensure words

searched as a phrase.

Then click on Search

Use Help screen and Dropdown “How do I…” menu for advice in formulating search

Database guide gives more information about the database and lists the fields

Index will show terms used in

indexing articles and can be used to check search

terms.

Thesaurus, if available, cross-

references to preferred indexing terms.

N.B. Thesaurus not available for all

databases

Terms can be linked using And, Or or Not (known as Boolean search operators)

And searches for 2 or more terms

together

Or searches for one term or another

Not excludes entries containing term

following

Wildcard or Truncation characters can be used to extend the search.

The Wildcard character (?) substitutes for one character or for none

eg behavio?r finds behaviour or behavior

Truncation (*) substitutes for zero or more characters, eg

environment* finds environment, environmental

etc.

Searches can be limited by date

Or by clicking on Change

Then selecting limits from those

listed

Search history displays previous searches

These can be combined with new terms in subsequent searches. Precede search

number with # in Search box

Or tick boxes then click on Combine and search using and, or

Search results display on lower half of screen in

batches of 10

Mark useful records by ticking box

Call up next batch of

records by

clicking on

Navigational arrows

Book records display

Author(s)Title

Publication year

Journal records display

Author(s) Title of article

Publication year Title of Journal

with volume, issue and page numbers

Selecting Complete record displays further

information

This often includes an Abstract which gives further

information about the publication

and Descriptors used for indexing. Clicking on one Descriptor will call up other records indexed by that term

Complete record does NOT include the full text of the article

Mark to print out long Complete record or click on Show all results to return to short record form

N.B. Some Complete records include very long abstracts: check before printing. Short record

includes all details necessary to find item

Once search complete, marked records can be Printed, Saved to disc or Emailed to yourself

If Printing, do NOT Clear marked records until

printout produced and checked

Whether Printing, Saving to disc, or Emailing, fields for inclusion can be selected

If Emailing, remember to insert email address

Then Logout of WebSPIRS before checking the Book or Journal titles on the list against the Library

catalogue and the Swetswise Electronic Journals