LOCATING ELECTRONIC DATABASES:
      From Keyword to Subject Search
            Locate FirstSearch - OCLC
            < Online Resources >
            < Alphabetical List of Online Resources >
            < F >
            < FirstSearch - OCLC >

      Enter Search => television and children [using keywords from step #1]
            select a Topic or a Database
            < Public Affairs & Law >
            < Search >

      Result
            12,000 WorldCat - Catalogs of 36,000 libraries worldwide
            400 PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) encompasses chronicling /
      global public policy / social issues
            150 FactSearch - facts and statistics on topics of current interest
            90 GPO (Government Printing Office) - U. S. government publications
            30 LegalPeriodical - international legal information covering all areas of
      jurisprudence

      You may combine three databases, mark:
            PAIS / FactSearch / LegalPeriodicals
            < Select >
            rank by < Relevance >
            < Search >
      You will notice 469 records / citations to look at

      Find your way back to the original FirstSearch screen
            < Suggested Best > on the left
            Select one more topic from: Select a Topic or a Databases:
            < Social Science >
            < List >
      The results show more than 15,000 records / citations

        To get an overall view search the other 13 topics also
                  (believe me, this exercise is worth IT!).

      Select < Social Science Abstracts > refine your search to:
            television and children and effect
            rank by < Relevance >
            < Search >


                SUBJECT HEADINGS / DESCRIPTORS:

      To locate subject headings or descriptions open 10 or more records,
      scroll down to the Subject / Descriptor field:
            Violence in television
            Television and children
            Moral development
            Reasoning

      Descriptors:
            Television programs-psychological aspects
            Television advertising Laws and regulations
            Television advertising and children

      Getting Subject Headings from Print Sources - (located behind the
      Information Desk):
            CINAHL Subject Heading List
            LC Subject Headings - "red books" (another set is at the
                General Reading area)
            Medical Subject Heading - Annotated Alphabetical List
            Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors
            Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms


                EXPORTING RESEARCH MATERIALS:
      Select & open an abstracts or full-text article:
            To e-mail: < E-mail >
            enter your e-mail address
      to begin organize your research label the Subject box with
            tv-ef-1 (2, 3, etc.) e.g. for articles on the effect of television
      on children
            tv-ef-bibl-1 (2, 3, etc.) e.g. for bibliographies on this subject

      To print:
      when printing from OCLC - make sure that you use the
      OCLC < print > icon!!!
      = saves paper & ink = $$$       < Cancel > on the print box
            < File >
            < Print Preview >
      a l w a y s check the number of pages your article has,
      especially the last page !!!!!!!
      = saves more money enter the number pages you need to print!!!
            < O. K. >

      To download:
            To download "List of Records"
            < Export >
            < Export >
      To download an article:
            < View HTML Full Text (WilsonSelectPlus) >
            < File >
            < Save As >
            Change to drive A:
            if saving to a floppy
            < change "HTML" to "Plaintext" > where necessary !!!
            enter your file name:
            < Save >


                ORGANIZING YOUR RESEARCH:
      1. after printing your articles write the author's last name on the long side
          next alphabetize them by authors
      2. as you read underline / highlight keywords
      3. when finished reading each article start making a list of all keywords
      4. match keywords with similar ideas and organize them into an outline
      5. start with your bibliography when you read an article and decided to use
          start your bibliography NOW !!! - take your sweet time!
          don't forget volume # issue # etc.


              Wolfhard Touchard, M. L. S. Reference & Database Librarian