Assignment 2

1) Retrieve 3 records in a tagged format from each of the following databases:

a) Academic Search Complete

Hint: from the Export Manager screen, select "Generic bibliographic management software".

b) Academic OneFile

Hint: Go to your saved records and under Tools, select "Citation Tools."  Under "Export to third party software", select the ProCite format, then hit export. This should save a file to your computer with and "ris" extension. You can change the "ris" to "txt" and view the file in a text editor.

c) ERIC (CSA)

Hint: From the "Save, Print, Email" page, choose "Full Format", then hit "Print Preview"

d) C19

Hint: From the Marked List page, select "Download [periodicals] citations", then "Download in a format compatible with ProCite, EndNote, Reference Manager and RefWorks". Open in a text processor.

e) Energy Citations Database

Hint: After "Show only ( v ) items", select "Download ( v ) Items as EndNote" and save file to local computer, but change the file's extension to ".txt"

2) Business Source Complete, by default, does not select a field to be searched. Instead it says "select a field (optional)". But not selecting a field is really selecting something that the system has already pre-selected. Your task is to figure out which of the fields in Business Source Complete are being searched "by default", and which fields are not. This will require you to think a lot and to come up with a research strategy.