Transcript dbWiz

dbWiz
Your powerful tool to
search online databases
simultaneously
What does dbWiz do?
It performs the search to the journal articles in a
predefined subject or any databases selected in
‘Advanced Search’.
A predefined subject would be defined by the
type of the subscribed database.
Two search methods
Basic Search - Keyword
Advanced Search - Keyword, Title, Author and
Subject
Where I can use dbWiz
1. http://www.hksyu.edu.hk/lib/
2. http://0-oasis.hksyu.edu.hk.lib.hksyu.edu.hk/
Basic Search
Simply type a
keyword to search
Predefined
Subjects
Advanced Search
Select a subject
or multiply
databases
Select criteria
-Keyword
-Title
-Author
-Subject
Search Result
1. Results from searching
under this subject search
2. Click a database name to
select the results from it
Sorting
the
searched
results
For each journal article,
title and author will be shown.
Special note with searching
Searching in dbwiz
Don’t use “and” and “or” in keyword searching.
It will automatically inserts the word "and"
between your keywords, thus searching for
citations or articles that contain all of your
keywords.
When searching phases, put quotation marks
around your keyword. E.g. “Media
Communication”.
dbWiz - databases included
Following databases are included in the
dbWiz search.
 Local University Library
 Ebrary
 Ebsco
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Academic Search Premier
Business Source Premier
Communication & Mass Media Complete
ERIC
History Reference Center
Library Literature & Information Science
MAS Ultra
Military & Government Collection
PsycARTICLES
PsycINFO 1887-Current
World History
 Emerald
 Proquest
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