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ProQuest offers citations, abstracts, full-text or full-image articles of over 4,000 academic and popular publications.
1. Basic Search
Basic Search is an ideal way to get started with ProQuest. Just think of a word or phrase related to the information you're looking for and type it into the search bar field.
How to Search ProQuest:
- Enter a word or phrase into the search field.
- Click Search.
- You can focus your search with the following options (some are only available after clicking on More Options):
- Author
- Database
- Select Multiple Databases
- Date Range
- Document Type
- Limit your results to full text documents
- Look for terms in ( Select Citations and abstracts, Citation and article text)
- Publication Title (Browse)
- Publication Type
- Scholarly Journals, including peer-reviewed
2. Topic Guide is another type of search. You can type in your subject and get a list of recommended topics. The ProQuest Topic Guide lets you find articles by searching an index, or by exploring a hierarchical subject directory. Indexed topics may include subjects, companies, people, and locations
Enter a term and select whether you want ProQuest to Suggest Topics or Look up Topics A-Z, then click Find Term. Or, click browse subjects by topic to view the Subject Directory.
Once you have found a topic, click View articles to run a search using the topic.
Or click Narrow below the desired topic to narrow the search using related terms. From the narrowed list, find a term you want to use and click View.
3. Advanced Search
Advanced Search is a powerful way to search with ProQuest. Enter your word or phrase, and use the fields to focus your search.
- Enter a word or phrase into the search field.
- If you're combining your search with additional search words:
- Choose the operator (for example, AND or OR) you want to use.
- Add your search word to the search field next to the operator list.
- From the drop-down menu, select the field to search.
- Continue adding words as needed. If you want to add more terms, click Add a row.
- When you finish entering your terms, click Search.
You can focus your search by using the following options (some are only available after clicking More Options):
Abstract , Author , Citation and Abstract, Citation and Document Text , Classification Code (Browse), Company (Browse), Database, Select Multiple Databases , Date Range , Document Text , Document Title, Document Type, Geographical Name / Location (Browse), Image Caption, Limit your results to full text documents, NAICS/SIC code (Browse) , Person (Browse), Product Name, Publication Title (Browse) , Publication Type , Results per page, Scholarly Journals, including peer-reviewed , Sort Results by , Subject (Browse)
When you select Citations and abstracts from the drop-down menu, ProQuest searches the following fields:
- Author
- Personal Name
- Abstract
- Product Name
- Article Title
- Subject Terms
- Company Name
- Source (publication title)
- Geographical Name
4. Publication Search shows you what magazines, newspapers and journals are indexed or included in the ProQuest database. Publication Search makes it easy to find the latest issue or a specific back issue of a favorite magazine, journal, or newspaper
For more information on using Basic Search, Topic Guide, Advanced Search, and Publication Search, see the Search Tips.
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