How to search A+ Education Database - Monash University



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How to search A+ Education Database

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Search A+Education database

Follow instructions in the blue boxes of this Guide Me to help you to perform a search in A+Education (via Informit)

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This activity should take you approximately 3 minutes to complete.

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Click START to begin.

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Scenario: Learn how to use the various features of the database for researching the topic play in early childhood

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Click continue button

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Begin from the Library's Homepage...

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Monash University Library’s online resources page

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Select Databases

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Library’s Databases and Electronic resources page

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From the Databases and electronic resources page...

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Library’s Databases and Electronic resources page subject listing

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Select Education

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List of Library databases for Education

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Select connect

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Informit A+Education database welcome screen

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From the Informit A+Education database page...

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A+Education database welcome page moves across to search boxes

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You can begin to search

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A+Education search screen

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Type early childhood and enter

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A+Education search screen

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Click the drop down menu

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Menu of search options

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Select SUBJECT - All Subject fields

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A+ database search box

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Type play and click the drop down menu below

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Search menu is displayed

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Select SUBJECT – all subject field

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The search screen with all our selections is displayed

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The full search is displayed

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Click the SEARCH button

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The results page displays

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There are 289 results for this search

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Scroll to the Limit To part of the search box

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Results can be limited by date range…

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The Date Range box is selected

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Type 2000 and enter

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The results list is shown again

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There are now only 174 results

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Looking at result number 1

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Select Complete Record

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Need more information about each citation?...

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The first record opens to be displayed in full

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The complete bibliographic record displays…

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Scrolling down the full bibliographic record. The subject headings highlighted in red.

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Continue

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The Subject Headings (SMJ, SMI) list some of the topics covered

The Abstract (AB) gives a brief summary of the article

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Focusing on the lower part of the full record

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Select Back to results to see the whole list again

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Back to the brief record

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Click Check for full text

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Or you can simply choose to see if the full text of the article is available...

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The SFX screen appears and displays various holdings

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Continue

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See if the Full Text is held electronically here

Or check the Library Catalogue for print holdings

See if this journal is refereed/peer-reviewed

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The SFX screen is still displayed with arrow pointing to electronic journal

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Click on the GO button

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The ProQuest journal page is displayed

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Select Full Text - PDF

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This journal is supplied by ProQuest

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The selected journal article is displayed

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Click the close button

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You can save or print this article

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The A+ Education results page is displayed again

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For further information and assistance please contact the Information Desk at your library.

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