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
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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