ACCESS: At the Ely Library Home Page (http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu), click on Quick Links to Databases, choose America: History and Life.

**Note: If off campus you will be prompted for a username and password (same logon as your WSC email). Click this link to log in for off campus access to the database.If you are having problems logging on, contact the IT help desk at 413.572.5300 x4357.

 

 

Basic Search:

• Under Search Options, choose a search mode. Boolean/Phrase allows you to combine search terms with and, or or not.

• Limit your results to Linked Full Text to find documents that are available in full text..

• Search by Historical Period to limit your results to certain era, i.e., 1860-1865 or 1939-1945.

• You can also limit your results to a certain Language or Publication Type (newspaper, book, academic journal, etc.)

 

Sample Basic Search Screen:

 

Advanced Search: 

• Advanced Search offers multiple text boxes to enter terms.

• You may also Select a Field to search fields such as author, article title, subject, abstract and journal name.

 

• Results from America: History and Life are displayed, and are sorted by Date.Use the drop-down tab to sort by Relevance for results that more closely match the search terms you entered.

• Use the toolbar at the left to Narrow Results by Source Type. Types include academic journals, magazines, conference papers and dissertations.

• Searching by Subject will help to make your search more specific. Click on one of the subject terms listed to add that subject to your search terms.

• Mouse over the icon to see a preview of each result (abstracts, subjects, citation info).

• Full Text availability: from your results list, click on or to retrieve the article in full text.

• If full text is not available, you will see the following link: "Click Here to Check Availability in the WSC Full Text Periodical Directory." If you need help using this resource, a reference librarian will be more than happy to help you. Email a librarian at askus@wsc.ma.edu or call the reference desk at 413.572.5234.

 

 

Printing, Emailing or Saving Citations:

 

• Create a list of citations (with html full text, but not PDF full text) by clicking Add to Folder for each citation.

• Click Go to: Folder View to retrieve your list.

• Select one of the following:

  • Print button:

  • This will bring you to the Print Manager, where you can select the number of pages to print. Click "print," then "ok" to print your item.

  • Email button :

  • This will bring you to the Email Manager, where you will be able to email your item. Enter the full email address (e.g., bob@123.com) and a subject. Click "send." The email will arrive from ephost@epnet.com.

  • Save button :

  • This will bring you to the Save Manager, where you will be able to save your item. Click "save."

  • Export button :

  • This will bring you to the Export Manager, where you will be able to export your item. Click "save" after your choose your format.
    

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Page maintained by Teri Shiel
Revised August 28, 2008