LIRN has articles in periodicals and journals from over twenty databases in various disciplines. LIRN includes InfoTrac and ProQuest databases, Credo Reference, eLibrary, plus more.
This is part of the main LIRN menu, which you see after logging on to LIRN..
The LIRN periodical article databases supplement the Internet search engines with non-commercial sources, fewer biased sources, and many research articles reviewed by professional colleagues in an author's academic field.
Most LIRN resources use search engines, to look for articles on the subject or keyword, which you specify in the search box. For example,
If the search page offers an option to choose and place a check mark in "to documents with full text," please do it! You will avoid receiving only citations, tables of contents or short abstracts, and you will instead receive only complete articles which you can read.
Note: Each search interface in LIRN will not have the same exact appearance, nor arrangement.
However, each LIRN database has a place where you may print articles or e-mail articles to yourself or other students.
LIRN, the Library Information Resources Consortium, is a group of colleges and universities, who pool their funds to offer a greater range of research materials, at a lower cost.
1) Go to the Library forum site in Moodle. And skip on to item no. 3) below.
2) You may also go to the library web page, www.lac.edu/library, and click on the second hyper link, "LIRN (Periodicals)"
3) You may also use the LIRN website directly, at www.lirn.net/services.shtml.
4) On the LIRN login page, enter LAC password, and press "Submit."
(If no search box to enter a password appears, press "Member Database Access" link near top of LIRN Internet page.
Note: It is not possible to use Gale login links in InfoTrac resources in LIRN to log in.
To obtain login information, LAC students may consult the Library site in Moodle or email library@lac.edu.
III. THE LIRN ARTICLE DATABASES FOR EACH MAJOR:
1) Business Management
InfoTrac
Business and Company Resource Center
Business Economics and Theory Collection
General Business File ASAP
Newsletters ASAP
ProQuest
ABI/INFORM Dateline
ABI/INFORM Global
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
2) Computer Science
InfoTrac
Computer Database (primarily news)
2) Criminal Justice
InfoTrac
Criminal Justice Collection
3) Graphic Design
Electric Library
Check "Pictures" and "Audio/Video." Then, search.
4) Health Care Management
5) General Education databases
The LIRN Internet web site, as well as the InfoTrac and ProQuest database menus each describe each database in more detail.
A first step in search knowing which search engine in LIRN to use.
Please see the following PowerPoint presentations:
InfoTrac
Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Health Reference Center Academic
ProQuest
ProQuest Health and Medical Complete
Nursing & Allied Health Source
ProQuest Research Library
Health Module
InfoTrac
Academic One File
Communications and Mass Media Collection
Custom Newspapers
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
Expanded Academic ASAP
Fine Arts and Music Collection
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Home Improvement Collection
InfoTrac Criminal Justice Collection
InfoTrac One File
Legal Trac
Literature Resource Center
Opposing Viwpoints Rsource Center
Popular Magazines
Psychology Collection
Student Resource Center Gold
Tourism, Hopitality and Leisure Collection
ProQuest
National Newspaper Abstracts - Includes New York Times
ProQuest Psychology Journals
ProQuest Research Library, including
Research Library Core
Arts Module
Children's Module
Education Module
General Interest Module
Humanities Module
International Module
Law Module
Military Module
Multicultural Module
Psychology Module
Sciences Module
Social Science Module
Women's Interest Module
Electric Library
(Reference sources, maps, pictures, newspapers, and transcripts of broadcasts)
If you can not view MS PowerPoint presentations, you can browse the InfoTrac menus and ProQuest menus in LIRN to decide which search engines to use. You can review the list posted in Section III of this web page.
Notice the green check mark in the illustration below.
When you have the option, place a check mark with your mouse into the little box, to limit your results to "full text." You will avoid results with tables of contents or citations only. While the illustraton above shows a Proquest search engine, you can also limit your results to full text articles in many InfoTrac search engines in LIRN.
Please check the following links, which are applicable for some LIRN resource databases.
Searching LIRN Databases (PowerPoint Presentation)
When you need more than one search word - Boolean searching
When you need more than one search word - Proximity searches
Wildcards - How & when to search with stars *
Do you use subject searches or keyword searches? When?
Sometimes, you can obtain more accurate search results in a single search engine in LIRN, than with "LirnSearch."
However, you may use "LirnSearch" for convenience, and search many databases at once which you choose. You can place a check mark into the little box next to the database resources you would like to search, enter your search terms, and press "Go."
To begin a citation in ProQuest resources in LIRN, press the "Cite this" link directly above the article title.
Use the citation style (APA, MLA or Chicago/Turabian) required by your professor. In ProQuest resources, you can set the drop down menu to the citation style needed.
Some InfoTrac resources in LIRN have a citation at the bottom of the article. The citation will need to be adapted to the citation style your professor requires.
As indicated in the screen shot below, you can use the hyper links directly below "Document view" in ProQuest resources, to save your articles. Either mail the article to yourself, copy a link of the article into your own computer file, or print the article.
InfoTrac resources in LIRN also allow printing articles, emailing articles, bookmarking or other methods to save articles from your research.
You may also consult the online dictionary.
Some InfoTrac databases in LIRN locate the functions to print and email articles at the bottom of the page.
Note:
In either InfoTrac or ProQuest resources, do not place a check mark to "mark documents" when you see it.
There is no guarantee your articles will be saved after the session closes, if you "mark documents"
Instead, print, email, or copy a link of the article instead.
VII. HOW TO READ YOUR FAVORITE GENERAL MAGAZINE OR PERIODICAL IN LIRN DATABASES - Step-by-step
Note: To read periodicals related to business , go to "ABI/Inform Global" in LIRN's ProQuest section, and press the "Publications" tab.
Note: To read periodicals related to Health Care Administration or Criminal Justice, enter the "ProQuest" (not "LIRN") hyper link on the library home page and login. Press the "Publications" tab in any ProQuest database to browse or read periodicals through.
Directions to read or browse general interest periodicals in LIRN:
1) Logon to LIRN, www.lirn.net/services.shtml or use library home page, www.lac.edu/library, click the "LIRN (Periodicals)" hyper link, and type the LAC password for LIRN.
You can find out your LIRN pass code in your Profile in Moodle.
2) To search for a general magazine to browse, find the InfoTrac icon. Press the grey button, "Connect to Infotrac".
3) Click on the link, "Expanded Academic ASAP."
5) You will see a new page. Enter the name of periodical you need into the search box.
6) Name of periodical will appear.
Move cursor over the periodical title. Information on periodical will appear.
Click periodical title.
For more information on the LIRN periodical and article resources, please see the
LIRN PowerPoint Guide with Animated Illustrations
If you have any questions,
call LAC Library at (800) 574-6428, ext. 1718, M-Th
or email library@lac.edu.
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