Periodicals Archive Online

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Introduction | Accessing | Searching | Search Results | Managing Search Results | Search Tips | Additional Features

Introduction

Periodicals Archive Online (PAO), formerly PCI Full Text, provides full text for journal articles covering the arts, humanities and social sciences, published between 1802 and 1995. For additional citations only (1665-1995), see Periodicals Index Online (PIO). Periodicals Archive Online includes full text articles and provides links to full-text articles found in JSTOR and Project Muse. Subject areas covered in Periodicals Archive Online include: agriculture, ancient civilisations, anthropology/ethnology, applied arts, archaeology, architecture, fine arts, Black studies, business/management, economics, education, folklore, geography, history, humanities, Jewish studies, law, library/information science, linguistics/philology, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, political science, psychology, public administration, religion/theology, social affairs, sociology, social sciences, women's studies, and area studies for Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Accessing

This database may be accessed from the Databases page of the Electronic Resources section of the NSU Alvin Sherman Library website. For more on how to access databases visit http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/lessons/electroniclibrary/

Searching

When you open Periodicals Archive Online the screen defaults to the Home Page. You may conduct a basic search from this page type in a search term select an option from the drop-down menu for where you want to search for that term click the GO! button Opening screen and basic search in Periodicals Archive Online. For more advanced search options, click on Article Search in the left-hand menu. To construct an Article Search decide which fields you wish to search type your search term(s) in the relevant search boxes if you use the Keyword(s) search box, select an option from the drop-down menu for where you want to search for your term(s) click on Search button to obtain a list of records You may use Boolean and proximity operators within the search boxes. Consult the Search Tips for additional information on constructing your search. Article search in Periodicals Archive Online.

Search Results

Search results will vary. If you get: No records matched your search, then check your spelling or the fields you searched in. Too many, then go back and limit your search. Sometimes a search needs to be modified with: additional search words, searching only a specific field, adding date limitations, or type of materials. Too few, then go back and expand your search. Consider synonyms for your search words or concepts. Try to use professional language or terminology. Irrelevant results, then try new search terms. Consider synonyms or related concepts. Identify and search using descriptors. Try a different database. Results lists A list of search results matching your search terms will be displayed. The Article Search Results show citations for items that matched your search links to full text (when available) – indicated by a View Article link and icon ( or or ) To navigate through the results use the Next or Previous links to move through the results use Results Options to Sort results and/or Filter (limit) using various criteria such as journal, language, date, and journal subject. Results of a keyword search in Periodicals Archive Online. Records The Article View shows citation for selected article links to download or view as PDF one page of the full text To navigate through the full text of the article use the Next Page or Previous Page links to move through the results or click on the page number Article record in Periodicals Index Online.

Managing Search Results

Databases typically allow you to manage your search results by marking or tagging records to select only the records that you want from your search results from later printing, emailing and/or saving printing the search results list and/or specific records emailing the search results list and/or specific records to your email address saving the search results list and/or specific records–some databases may allow you to save your file for export into commercial bibliographic citation manager software, such as EndNote or ProCite Not all search management features are available in all databases. Marking The “mark” feature allows you to select records from within your search results. By marking items, you can print, email or download multiple citations at one time. To mark a citation in the Article Search Results, click in the check box labeled Add to Marked List below the relevant citation To view your list of marked citations click on Marked List near the top of the screen You may then email, print, or download the citations for the items you have selected. Printing To print citations click on Marked List – near the top of the screen click on the Select this citation check box for each citation you wish to print click on Print Selected Citations – on the right side of the screen print in plain text format (default) or select RIS format for citation managers click on the browser Print icon to print printed citations do not include the full text of the article, but a durable URL link to full text will be included To print full text of an article you will need Adobe Reader from the Article Search Result click on View Article as PDF if it is a long article, you may wish to select a limited number of pages at a time click on View Article as PDF button click on the Print icon in the Adobe Reader toolbar, not in the browser toolbar Emailing To email citations click on Marked List – near the top of the screen click on the Select this citation check box for each citation you wish to email click on Email Selected Citations – on the right side of the screen enter name and complete email address, select citation and email format emailed citations do not include the full text of the article, but if you select HTML format a durable URL link to full text will be included if you wish, you may add a note to each citation click Send Email button Saving To save or download citations click on Marked List – near the top of the screen click on the Select this citation check box for each citation you wish to download click on Download Selected Citations – on the right side of the screen select a download option to export to a citation manager or download in plain text or RIS format in the dialog box, name the downloaded file, and click on Save downloaded citations do not include full text and do not include a durable URL link to full text To save or download full text of an article you will need Adobe Reader from the Article Search Result click on View Article as PDF if it is a long article, you may wish to select a limited number of pages at a time click on View Article as PDF button click on the Save icon in the Adobe Reader toolbar, not in the browser toolbar in the dialog box, name the downloaded file, and click on Save

Search Tips

Use advanced search features to modify a search to obtain more successful search results. You can combine advanced search features to modify and improve your search. Advanced search features often include: phrase or proximity searching field searching date document and/or publication type Boolean operators plurals and truncation One useful tip when searching any electronic database is to leave out articles, prepositions, and very abstract or general terms–they confuse the database's search engine. For example, if the paper is on "The Impact of Mainstreaming Students in Math Classes,” use the most precise terms like mainstreaming and mathematics and skip impact, the, of, and in. Phrase or proximity searching To search for a phrase put the phrase in double quotes, such as    "higher education"    "curriculum development" To search for words that are close to each other, use one of the following proximity operators The NEAR operator looks for the words within a specified distance of each other, and in any order. Use a period and number to specify the maximum number of word between words. The default is ten words between.    genetic near engineering (same as: genetic near.10 engineering)    atomic energy near.6 nuclear power The FBY operator (followed by) looks for words within a specified distance of each other, and in the specified order. Use a period and number to specify the maximum number of word between words. The default is ten words between.    genetic fby engineering (same as: genetic fby.10 engineering    atomic energy fby.4 nuclear power Field searching To search within a specific field in the record type your search term(s) in the box for the desired field if more than one search box is used, they will be searched as if linked by a Boolean AND Date To limit a search to specific years go to the Year of Publication type a specific range of years: From 1990 to 1995 or for a specific year, type the desired year in both boxes: From 1990 to 1990 Publication type To specify a type of publication go to the Search Options section of the Article Search select the check boxes to specify publication type(s) Boolean operators The Boolean operators, AND, OR, and NOT, can be used to modify a search if you enter search terms in more than one search box, by default they are treated as if they were combined using the AND operator you may use any of the following Boolean operators within a search box: Use AND to narrow a search. AND looks for both terms in the same record. leadership and vision; mainstreaming and science Use OR to broaden a search. OR looks for either term in the same record. mainstreaming or inclusion; elementary education or secondary education Use NOT to eliminate records with a certain term. Saturn not car; Venus not planet Plurals To search for plurals or truncate search terms Use the asterisk as a wildcard following a singular term or word stem leader* retrieves leader, leaders, leadership econom*  retrieves economic, economics, economist, econometrics, economy, economical, economize

Additional Features

Journal search To conduct a journal search click on Find Journals in the left-hand menu of the opening screen you can browse for journals by journal name, language, or journal subjects or click on Search Journal Records to search all journal records by journal name, ISSN, language and/or journal subjects