As you explore the Hunt Library, reflect on how you might use the Library as a resource for your studies.
How is the scholarly information you found in the library different from the typical information you find when you Google a leadership concept?
Hunt Library
Searching
through Hunt Library Data base reveals that I have been searching for
information that was readily available. The illustration is embedded.
Research guides
recommend resources, such as databases, journals, books and web pages and cover
finding information specific to a course, an assignment, a general topic or a specific subject.
EAGLEsearch
An all-in-one tool that will search online
catalog of books (Voyager) as well as many of our online databases at the same
time.
Books
This tab to
locate both print and electronic book.
Articles
This tab gives
access to online databases to find journal articles and other full-text
information.
FAQ
This link finds an immediate answer to
question by visiting Hunt Library's list of Frequently Asked Questions.
Ask a Librarian
Gives details about the Hunt Library's e-mail
chat and telephone research services.
Besides the Hunt Library website, there are
telephone, e-mail and chat
research services.
Customized Research Strategy
Facilitate the borrowing of books from collection
or track down a journal article.
Research Strategy
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Suggestions for research
databases for finding articles, reports, books, and other items of interest.
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Suggested search terms
appropriate for each recommended database.
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Referrals to other useful
websites.
Recommended Database
Makes it possible to return results that
are not full text by e-mailing the article citations to the Research
Librarians.
Citation List
The librarians will review list of
documents to determine what the library owns.
Document Delivery
Most items can be scanned and made
available online, an e-mail with links to the requested documents as soon as
they are available.
Circulating Collection
Anyone can check out books from the circulating
collection. Worldwide students will
receive requested books by mail.
Table of Contents
Specific
table of contents can be personalising for review and then scan and post the
sections needed.
Periodicals
In
addition to the collection of periodical titles (journals, trade publications
and magazines) available through the online resources, the Hunt Library also
subscribes to many print periodical titles, all of which are available to both
campus and Worldwide
Research Services Department
All of the materials in the Hunt Library
are available at research Services department and responds within two business
days (usually much sooner!).
E-mail Notification when documents have
been posted to the web.
EAGLEsearch Results
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Another way is to choose a
limiter from the menu on the left side of the page.
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Limit the search to articles
from scholarly publications, including peer-reviewed.
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Full-text items are clearly
identified.
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Items that are not full-text can
be requested from the Hunt Library. These
items are identified by the designation Citation Online.
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Clicking on Citation Online
will take the full and complete citation for the article.
Requesting Non-Full-Text (Citation)
Non-full-text items can be requested by
copying and pasting the citation information (author, title, publication
information, date and page number) in e-mail to: library@erau.edu. Items owned by the library will be scanned
and posted on the web as PDF files for access, except for books, which can be
checked out.
Focused research?
Focused research involves searching
subject-specific databases that offer additional search features and highlight
authors who are experts in their fields. Focused research will generally return
fewer results, but the majority will be relevant to topic.
Variety of Databases
The
Hunt Library offers a variety of research databases to meet all the research
needs. Most often, one will encounter three types of databases: General,
Subject-Specific, and Data-Intensive.
General Databases
General databases cover a wide range of
subjects all in one. Examples of general
databases and the kinds of information they identify are:
·
ProQuest Central
Provides citations,
abstracts, and some full-text items covering all subject areas including
business, economics, psychology and computing.
·
OmniFile Full Text Mega
Provides citations and some
full-text items from magazines, journals, and newspapers covering a range of
topics from aviation to social sciences and humanities.
·
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Provides access to books on
subjects ranging from encyclopedias and almanacs to specialized reference
sources.
Subject-Specific Databases
Subject-specific databases specialize in a
particular subject and generally include resources from scholarly sources. Examples of subject-specific databases and
the type of information they identify are:
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Aerospace Database
Provides citations and
abstracts to aviation/aerospace journal articles, a conference proceeding, NASA
documents and technical reports.
·
Engineering Village
Provides citations and
abstracts to journal articles, conference proceedings, government reports and
books in all fields of engineering and technology.
·
PsycINFO
Provides citations and
abstracts to human factors and psychological scholarly research.
Data-Intensive Databases
Like subject-specific databases,
data-intensive databases are typically more specialized in nature. They are subject-specific databases that
contain actual data and statistics rather than articles. Examples of data-intensive databases and the
kinds of information they identify are:
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Airline Monitor
Reviews trends in the
airline and commercial jet aircraft industries, including financial, traffic,
fleet and manufacturing data and forecasts.
·
ICAOData
Provides full-text access to
detailed financial, traffic, personnel, and fleet information for commercial
air carriers.
·
Mergent Key Business Ratios
Provides access to industry
ratios, trends, and company/industry ratio comparisons.
Choosing a Database
Since the Hunt Library subscribes to many
databases, it can often feel overwhelming when trying to determine which
databases to use
One way to determine the best databases for
specific topics is by using the Database Chooser located on the Research
Databases page.
Database Chooser - Subject Categories
The Database Chooser is divided into broad
subject categories. Clicking on a
subject category such as Aerospace/Aviation will list the databases that cover
topics in that subject area.
Research Help
Another way to determine which database to
search for specific topics is by using the Hunt Library's Research Guides. Through Research Guides, choose Research Help
tab on EAGLEsearch. The Research Guides
are divided into several categories. Consult
the Subject Guides for recommendations on selecting a subject-appropriate
database.
Research Help - Subject Guides
Just like the Database Chooser, the Subject
Guides are divided into many subject categories. Clicking on a category such as
Aerospace/Aviation will list several more sub-categories that are specific.
Research Guide - Aerospace Engineering
Choosing a sub-category such as Aerospace
Engineering will guide the information in that specific subject area. On clicking the Articles tab in the guide
will list the recommended databases.
Accessing the Databases
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Just like EAGLEsearch,
databases can be access from the Library's homepage, first choosing the Hunt
Library.
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Locate and choose the Articles
tab above the EAGLEsearch box, and then click on the link labelled "List
of All Research Databases”.
Research Databases
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The Research Databases page
lists all of the databases available. Three
ways to help narrow the list and choose the proper databases to search for the topic:
the Database Chooser, Research Guides, and Ask a Librarian.
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In addition to the Database
Chooser. The Database Key gives important
information about the symbol next to the database names in the listing. Not everything in these databases will be
available full-text. The full-text icon
indicates that some or all of the items may be available in full text format.
Database Help
Another useful feature available on the
Research Databases page is the Database Help.
Beside each database is a question mark icon.
Clicking on the question mark will pull up
information about searching that specific database.
Search Tips
How to access the databases and recognize
how to choose which ones to search for information on a topic, here are some important
search tips to keep in mind when searching databases:
1. Quotes are used in many databases
to tell the database that the words enclosed must be searched as an exact
phrase ("human factors").
2. The asterisk (*) is a truncation symbol,
which allows the database to search for variant word endings (compute* =
computer, computers, computing, etc.).
3. "And" is used in most
databases to ensure that each term is present somewhere in the search results. It allows more flexibility than searching as
a phrase as the words don't necessarily have to be adjacent or in a specific
order ("human factors" and "crew communication").
Searching for information on the use of
alternative fuels in aircraft. Looking
at the Aviation/Aerospace Database Chooser, we find that one database
recommended is Aerospace Database.
4. "Or" is used in most
databases between terms to broaden the results, telling the database that
either of the search terms can be present in the resulting records (aircraft or
airplane).
Aerospace Database
Aerospace Database has a simple Basic
Search box to use to type in the search terms: aircraft and "alternative
fuels”. Clicking on the magnifying glass
at the end of the search box will execute the search.
Databases
Searching two different databases, each
database has distinct differences as well as similarities.
The Research Databases provides a wealth of
information--from general to specific topics and sources
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