ProQuest Research Library

ProQuest's periodical, journal and newspaper content covers a wide range of academic, professional and news topics. Broad subject areas include: social sciences; humanities; health & medicine, and nursing; education; business; general science; general interest and women's interest.

What Is ProQuest Research Library?
ProQuest Research Library is a premier online information database providing convenient search and retrieval to one of the largest collections of information. ProQuest Research Library includes summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, with many in full-text, full-image format. Indexing and abstracting backfiles date back to 1986.

Log-On Instruction:

  • From within the alphabetical listing of databases, select ProQuest Research Library. (If you are accessing ProQuest from off-campus, you will be prompted for your last name and 7-digit barcode from your UNE ID-card.)

Steps To A ProQuest Research Library Search:
* At the flashing cursor type your search word or phrase; click on  Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed to search only scholarly, including peer-reviewed journals; and then click on Search.
Ex.  elder abuse <Search>
* At the Results list click on the (blue) article title to view the full record with abstract.
* Mark records desired by clicking on the box to the left of each citation within the Results list.
* Click on the My Research tab to review selected records, print out a bibliography or email articles.
* Print out available articles by clicking on Page Image-PDF (first choice); or Full text (second choice); or Article Linker (third choice).

Searching Tips:
* At any point click on Help for screen specific assistance.
* Use additional dialog boxes to create a complex search.
* Use AND to narrow a search.
Ex.  elder abuse and statistics
* Use OR to broaden a search.
Ex.  elder abuse or adult abuse
* Use AND NOT to exclude concepts from a search
Ex. elder abuse and not fraud
* Select the Topics tab for specific subject headings and more precise searching.
* Find similar documents by selecting More Like This.
* Select the Publications tab to find a specific issue of a specific periodical.
* To check journal availability (or Holdings) in print format and/or electronic format, use the Libraries Catalog on the UNE Libraries homepage.

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