Access: Double click on Netscape at any of the networked  workstations on campus.

1. At the WSC Library Home Page, click on Quick Links to Databases.
2. Click on Education Complete (ProQuest)
3. At the ProQuest Direct page,  Click on the box next to Education Complete (ProQuest)
4. Deselect the box next to All Databases (otherwise, you will search a fee-based newspaper database and the newspaper citations will appear on the Results List  before any citations from the Education Complete (ProQuest) databases).
5. Click on Continue

• Enter your search terms, or keywords, in the dialog box labeled "Enter a Word or Phrase".  Click on Search next to the search box.
• You may Limit your search by clicking on Search Wizard which will guide you.

Advanced Search:  helps you build a search by building the syntax for you.
Steps for using Advanced Search
1. Type a word or phrase.
2. Click a search field name on the drop-down menu. Or accept the default Basic Fields.
3. Click an operator on the drop-down menu. Or accept the default AND.
4. Type a second word or phrase. Repeat step 2, then repeat steps 3 and 4 to add another term.
5. If you want to find articles published within a certain time frame, specify a date range.
6. Click Search.
 
 

Result List:  displays a list of citations that match your search term(s).

Results are displayed in a list format showing Article Title, Journal Title, [Database name], Author Name, Date of Publication.

• Full Text article availability is indicated by a large page icon next to the citation. A camera icon indcates that graphics are included. A small page icon indicates an abstract. Click on the highlighted title to access the complete article.
• Mark Items of interest to print or download selected citations later by clicking in the box.

To Print Text Only

• Click here. Your article will display ready to print; ProQuest Direct removes any included pictures.
• Click the Print button on the browser's tool bar, or,  Click Print on the File menu.
• Click the browser's Back button twice to return to your Results List.

• Click here. Your article will display ready to print.
• Click the Print button on the browser's tool bar, or, Click Print on the File menu. Any included pictures will print in    their original positions in the article.
• Click the browser's Back button twice to return to your Results List.

• Click the browser's Back button
• Click in the white area of the Email Article button at the left side of the screen.
• Enter a single email address  - example: yourname@foma.wsc.mass.edu
• Click the blue portion of the Email Article button to send the article.

• Click here (this is the same as Print Text Only).
• Click Save As on the browser's File menu.
• Click the browser's Back button twice to return to your Results List.

• Use your mouse to drag the cursor and ‘highlight’ text that you want to select. Click Select All on the Edit menu if you want to copy the entire article.
• On the Edit menu, click Copy. The text that you want is now in your computer's clipboard.
• Switch to another application, such as a word processor, and use that application’s Edit menu Paste command to paste the copied article text.