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| LIBRARY: FIRSTSEARCH DATABASE |OCLC FIRSTSEARCHOCLC FirstSearch is a Web-based system that provides access to over 85 databases. Each library chooses those that it would like to provide. The databases available for searching appear as options on the search screen. On the Advanced Search Screen the database being searched is identified in the box at the top. To the right of the box is an information icon (a capital I) to click on for a description of the database. Among those databases that might be of interest to HUGSR students are Books in Print, Dissertation Abstracts Online, PsycINFO, World Almanac, ATLA Religion, Wilson Select Plus, and WorldCAT. The URL for FirstSearch is http://firstsearch.oclc.org. Enter the authorization number and password. These are available only to students and staff of HUGSR and are changed each year. Current students can inquire at hgslib@hugsr.edu for this number and password. Click on Start. Adjacent to “Jump to Advanced Search” click on down arrow to right of “Select a Database to Search” for list of available databases. The bottom of the “Advanced Search” screen indicates the ways searches can be limited. These will vary according to the database being searched.
Click on the “Searching” tab at the top of any screen to return to original search or to begin a new search. To print titles from a “list of records” check box to left of entries to be printed. Click on “Marked Records” at the top of the screen. Click on “Print” icon at top of screen. Most of the detailed records in the databases will provide a list of subject entries made for that record in the database. Under the heading “Subjects” these will appear under various subheadings, e.g., descriptor, Scripture, named person, title subject, or geographic. Such headings in blue serve as hot links. Clicking on any one of these will retrieve all records in the database with that heading without regard to any limitations originally placed on the search. Return to “Advanced Search” to place any desired limitations on the search for that heading. WorldCATWorldCat is a database containing over 70 million records representing the holdings of over 27,000 libraries. Begin searches at the “Advanced Search” screen. Author, title, subject, keyword, and several other types of searches can be done on this database. Click on the down arrow to the right of “keyword” to reveal types of searches. An “author” search is a keyword search in the author field. An “author phrase” search retrieves only those records with the author in the exact form and order in which it is typed into the field. A “title” search is a keyword search of the title field. A “title phrase” search retrieves only those items with the exact title typed into the search field. A “subject” search is a keyword search of the subject fields. A “subject phrase” search retrieves only those items with that exact phrase in the subject entries. A “keyword” search retrieves records with the word or words entered into the search field that appear anywhere in the record, except the author field. There are three “stop” words that are used in Boolean searching of this database: near, with, and not. If these words occur in the title of a work, a title search will not retrieve the title being searched for if one of these words is entered as a part of the search. For instance, the following titles have to be searched by “title phrase” in order to find a record for them: Forbid Them Not; Robbery with Malice; and Studies in Literature from the Ancient Near East. To locate all materials by a particular author it will be necessary to do an exploratory search to ascertain the author’s “official” name in the database. If one work by the author is known, do an author/title search for this work. Access the detailed record and click on the “official” name used for the author to retrieve all his works in the database. If one of the author’s works is not know, try a search from the “author phrase” field. Truncate the search by entering the author’s last name and a first initial followed by an asterisk, e.g., Carson, D*. This will retrieve all works by a Carson whose first initial is “D” or whose first name begins with a “D.” By scanning a few detailed records the author in question will surface, and the detailed record will reflect the author’s official name in the author field in the entry. Click on the author’s name in the record to retrieve a list of all his works. Very common last names will obviously retrieve a large number of records. An author/title search is the best way to find a particular book. Set one field for “author” and one for “title.” Enter the author’s last name in the “author” field and a couple of keywords from the title in the “title” field. Use specific words, excluding articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and common terms such as history, introduction, etc. If multiple items are found, click on the title that appears to match your title. If the title has been entered in the HUGSR online catalog, a notice will appear indicating that it is in the HUGSR library. Click on “Libraries that own item” to ascertain libraries that have the title. The first list of holding libraries will be from the Southeastern region of the U.S. Click on “Display all libraries” to ascertain libraries outside that region that have the title. To search by subject enter “subject” in one of the search fields. Type the subject term or terms in the field and execute the search. This will retrieve records with the terms anywhere in the subject entry field. Click on any of the titles retrieved (printed in blue) to see full record. Scroll to bottom of record to ascertain the subject entries for this title. You may find a more specific subject heading to search or the exact subject phrase used for this topic. You may have to look at the full records of several entries to get a list of appropriate subject headings for a search. Clicking on any of the blue subject headings will retrieve all entries in the database with that subject heading. This type of search is done disregarding any limits you may have originally set for the search. Sometimes a subject search combined with a keyword search may produce better results. ATLA Religion DatabaseThis database contains over 1,200,000 records representing all areas of theological studies, including biblical studies, church history, Christian doctrine, ministry, preaching, and pastoral counseling. It contains author, subject, and book review indexing for 1,553 journal titles (about 600 of which are currently being indexed) from 1949 to the present. A retrospective project indexed 47 titles predating 1949 that are currently or have been indexed in Religion Index One, the print counterpart for the database. Among the journals in this group were Biblica (1920-39), Biblical Archaeologist (1938-48), Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1939-48), Church History (1932-48), Evangelical Quarterly (1929-48), Hebrew Union College Annual (1919, 1924-48), Interpretation (1947-48), Journal of Biblical Literature (1881-1948), Palestine Exploration Quarterly (1937-48), Scottish Journal of Theology (1948), Studia Theologica (1947-48), Theological Studies (1940-48), Theology Today (1944-49), Union Seminary Quarterly Review (1945-48), and Westminster Theological Journal (1938-48). The old Andover Review (1884-1893) is also indexed in this database. The ATLAS project, provides the full-text of about 80 of these indexed periodicals for the last 50 years. This database also provides subject and author indexing to multi-author works and festschriften published since 1960. Periodical records retrieved will indicate if a periodical is held by the HUGSR library. If a full-text of the article is available, a notation to “go to full text” will appear. Clicking on this phrase will retrieve the full text of the article. Library holdings for multi-author works are not indicated in the database. Search WorldCAT to ascertain library holdings for these titles. Author search in ATLA Religion database.In this database an author’s name may appear in several forms, e.g., with full name, with initials, with first name and middle initial, etc. To retrieve records of all works by one author, search in the “author phrase” field from the “Advanced Search” screen. Type in the author’s last name, a comma, and the first initial followed by an asterisk, e.g., Oster, R*. Such a search will retrieve all works by this author regardless of how the name was entered in the database. In the case of a more common last name a large number of records will appear necessitating a careful scanning of the list to ascertain which entries are by the particular author of interest. Book Review Search in ATLA Religion database.To locate a book review, enter the author’s last name in the author field and two or three keywords from the title in the title field and choose “Review” as format limitation on the “advanced search” screen. A search will find reviews of that book. Subject Search in ATLA Religion DatabaseEnter the subject or subjects in the “subject” search field from the “Advanced Search” screen. A search will retrieve all records with the term or terms anywhere in the subject entries. Access a few detailed records from the list to ascertain the subject entries for the records found. You may find a more specific or the exact subject entry for the subject you are interested in. Click on that blue subject entry to retrieve all the records in the database with that heading. Return to the “advanced search” screen to reset any limitations put on the original search and re-enter the search. It may be helpful to browse the subject entries to get an idea of the proper subject entry to use. Set the search field on “subject phrase” and click on the icon to the right of that field. Type in the subject you are searching for in the box, and click on “browse.” Scroll down the list that pops up to find a likely subject heading. Click on this term to transfer it to the search screen. Sometimes the “official” subject entry for a topic may be a synonym for the term being searched and will not show up on the browse list. A keyword or title search may help identify the “official” subject entry. For example, “flood” is not the subject entry in the database for the Genesis flood. A keyword search under “flood” will retrieve many records. Scanning these will quickly reveal works on the biblical flood. Looking at the detailed records will reveal that “deluge” is the official subject entry for the biblical flood. Click on one of these blue “deluge” subject entries to retrieve material about the flood. Scripture search in ATLA Religion database for 1960-1974 and 1985 to date.
Scripture search in ATLA Religion database for 1949-1959 and 1975-1984.Searches for works on passages of Scripture for these years must be done in the “subject” search field and not in the “Scripture” search field. Entries for individual chapters and verses were not made during these years. Wilson Select PlusThis database contains the full text (none earlier than 1994) of 1652 titles covering a wide range of subjects. The titles listed below may be of interest to HUGSR students and staff. The date is the beginning year for inclusion in the database.
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