Let's say that you need to read this article for class:
Junco, R., Heiberger, G., & Loken, E. (2011). The effect of Twitter on college student engagement and grades. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 27(2), 119-132. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00387.x
How would you find it?
There are two types of searches: known item searches and topic searches. It's important to know the differences between the two types because effective topic and known item searches are conducted in different ways.
As you can see, OneSearch's Advanced Search option offers several ways to search for information, and you can put in different pieces of information you know to determine if the Libraries have what you need.
When using the Advanced Search option, enter as much information about your specific item as you can--the more info you include, the closer you'll get to your specific item in your search results.
Start at the library's homepage, library.oakland.edu, then locate the "Search by title, author..." link beneath the Library OneSearch box. Click on that link, which will take you to the page you see here:
There, you can choose to search across everything, within articles, or in course reserves. Once you decide where to look, you can use the information you have about a resource in the search boxes -- change the options that are Any field to specific kinds of information, such as an item's title or author/creator. You can also put in a date range to indicate when something was published or created.
Now that you've learned a little about known-item searching, let's search for this article:
Junco, R., Heiberger, G., & Loken, E. (2011). The effect of Twitter on college student engagement and grades. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 27(2), 119-132. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00387.x
How would you find it?
The first step in finding this article is to enter as much information into the Citation Linker form as you can.
If we break down the citation, we can see we have several pieces of information: the authors' last names, the article title, the publication title, the volume and issue, and even the publication year.
Sometimes, it's tricky to distinguish between an article title and a publication title - this diagram may help:
So, now that you've identified these pieces of information, enter the authors' names and the title into the Advanced Search fields. Make sure to change the Any field option to title and author/creator, as appropriate.
Below is an example of how to perform the search and the results of this known item search in Library OneSearch. Did you get the same results in your search?
To retrieve this article, click on the name of the database that appears under full text availability. In this case, click on "Wiley Online Library Database Model 2018." In other instances, more than one database option may appear. You may choose any of the available options.
