LIBRARY: INFOTRAC DATABASE
INFOTRAC
This resource is available through the Tennessee Electronic Library at http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/tel_a_harding. Ask librarians for password.
After entering password, click on “proceed.” When a blank screen appears, click on the refresh button. When the main screen with the choice of databases appears, click on the box by “select all” to remove the check in the box. Scroll down the list of databases to select the ones you desire to search. Click on continue at the top.
It’s preferable to go to advanced search
Notice that searches may be limited to full text only, peer-reviewed, or those with images. Full text is the default. Every time you change searches, it will default to full text.
To limit search to a particular year from advanced search, click on the radio button before “between” and enter January and the year desired in the top line and December and the same year in the bottom line.
The subject search fields are not keyword search fields. Enter the exact subject you wish to search in the box. If searching 2 subjects, separate them with the Boolean “and” or enter a different search term in 2 search fields. Searches are limited to 2 simultaneous subject searches.
When a retrieved record is opened, frequently there are suggested related subjects listed in a box to the left. Clicking on one of these subjects will retrieve records with that subject without limitations you placed on the original search.
To retrieve book reviews, enter the full title of the book in the document title field. Do not enter the author of the book in the author field.
Probably the most useful database for course work at the graduate school is in the “Religion and Philosophy” database, which as of September 17, 2008, contained 832,697 articles, many of which are full text. Some periodicals indexed in this database are also indexed in the ATLA Religion database, but INFOTRAC in many instances contains a full text not found in the ATLA Religion database.
