AOU E-library Guidelines

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1 AOU E-library Guidelines Prepared by: Edited by : Hind Saeed Aliaa Elarabi 1

2 AOU E-LIBRARY E-library is a comprehensive collection of E-journals, E-books, papers, etc. - This Databases is provided for free for AOU Staff and Students. - It includes: EBSCO, Emerald, IEEE, ProQuest, JSTOR, EduSearch, Al-Manhal 2

3 INDEX About Database How to login to E-library EBSCO Database Emerald Database IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL) ProQuest Database Jstor Database EduSearch Database AL-manhal Database

4 EBSCO is the worldwide, most-used online information resource in business, ITC and English Language and Literature Emerald is a well-known publisher in business, management, accounting, marketing, information science and engineering. IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL) provides online access to quality computer magazines and other publications. ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects: Business, Education, Social science, etc. 4

5 JSTOR is a digital library includes books and current issues of journals in - Arts, Business, Language & Literature and Social science. EduSearch includes Arabic and English articles in Business and social science. AL-Manhal (Arabic Books) includes e-books in Arabic and English that could serve students in English, Business and ITC programmes. 5

6 THE DATABASES FOR AOU PROGRAMS Program EBSCO Emerald IEEE ProQuest Jstor Edu Search ALManhal Business ITC English & Literature 6 6

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8 Click on one of this Databases you want to visit 8 8

9 EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES EBSCO host databases and discovery technologies which are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end-users. EBSCO Information Services is the leading service provider of e-journal, e-book, e-journal package and print subscriptions, e-resource management tools, full-text and secondary databases, and related services for all types of libraries and research organizations. 9

10 To visit the EPSCO host, click on this icon 10 10

11 There are two kinds of search in EBSCO Basic search and advanced search

12 Basic Search 12 12

13 Advanced Search 13 13

14 Click on (choose database) for displaying available database

15 Check the selected database you want to be included. for detailed description (Mouse over preview icons)

16 Select the search option you need. (The Boolean search operators are and, or and not - to create a very broad or very narrow search. ) 16 16

17 Select the search option. (Smart Text searching : enter as much text for your search as you want (a phrase, a sentence, paragraph, or even whole pages..) 17 17

18 To refine your search result you can specify the publication date of the material you want to search 18 18

19 You can creat an account to sign in to access your personalized My EBSCOhost account in order to be able to: - save preferences - Organize your research with folders - Share your folders with others - View others' folders - Save and retrieve your search history - Create alerts and/or RSS feeds - Gain access to your saved research remotely 19 19

20 Click on (create a new account) 20 20

21 Fill in all your information and press save changes 21 21

22 A list of journal and e-books shall be displayed according to your search

23 You can add a folder to save specific journal to save it. And view it later

24 for detailed description Mouse over preview icons

25 To view the full text press on (PDF) Full text 25 25

26 This is how the file will appaer, you can use the tools here to print the file, send it to friend, add it to folder etc

27 Click on (search history) to view your previous searches

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29 To visit the English Language Learner, click on this icon 29 29

30 It looks the same as the EBSCO host web so use the same instructions

31 This icon is for the Literary References Center 31 31

32 Select the Literary reference you want to look for (books, poems etc), you can search by Author or Title 32 32

33 Click here If you want to search for any author and read more about his/ her bibliography 33 33

34 Select the way to search for author s name, country, culture etc

35 Select the author s initial Letter with the author name, to search by name

36 Click here If you want to search for different type of literary works 36

37 This part contains highlighted some books, to read more about the book just click on it

38 Select the advanced search to find what do you want easily

39 It looks the same as the EBSCO host web so follow the same instructions

40 Click on the Literary glossary to find a definition for the difficult terms

41 Type the term you want to know the definition or select the term from the list below

42 Here is the definition of the term

43 To visit the Emerald Database, click on this icon 43 43

44 EMERALD Emerald: is a long established publisher with over 200 titles in the field of business, management, finance, accounting, marketing, Information science and engineering. 44

45 Advanced search for more specifcation 45 45

46 Type the term you want to look for and select the field you want to search 46 46

47 From the recourse list select the recourse you want to search in 47 47

48 The search result will be grouped by int categories(journal or Book) and you can download the article in HTML or a PDF format

49 This is the result screen 49 49

50 To visit IEEE Database, click on this icon 50 50

51 IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY (CDSL) The IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL) provides online access to 27 society magazines, transactions and more than 4,100 conferences publications. 51

52 Type the term you want to search for

53 The result of the search will appear like this, click here to view the full text 53 53

54 Click here to save your search 54 54

55 Computer Society Digital Library 55 55

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57 To visit ProQuest Database, click on this icon 57 57

58 PROQUEST DATABASE ProQueat ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects: Arts, Business, Education, General interest, Law, Social science in abstracts, and full-text. It features a highlyrespected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. 58

59 Basic Search Click Advanced Search 59 59

60 Type any Subject what you want to look for, it is not necessary to include Boolean, such as AND, OR, NOT

61 You could specify your search 61 61

62 Click if you want the full text or peer reviewed 62 62

63 You can specify the publication Dates. There are options for the format

64 The database will suggest related topics

65 You can change a publication date by moving the round icon 65 65

66 for detailed description (Mouse over preview icons)

67 To visit Jstor Database, click on this icon 67 67

68 JSTOR DATABASE Jstor is a digital library includes books and current issues of journals in Arts, Business, Language & Literature and Social science. It provides full-text searches of almost 2,000 journals. More than 8,000 institutions in 160 countries have access to JSTOR. 68

69 There are two kinds of To visit Jstor Database, search: Basic search click on this icon Beta search. You can search also by Subject 69 69

70 Basic search 70 70

71 list of journals and books will display according to your search

72 Mouse over preview icons for detailed description 72 72

73 To view the full text press on Article PDF 73 73

74 Beta search 74 74

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76 You can sort results either by Newest or Oldest 76 76

77 You can change a publication date by moving the round icon 77 77

78 For more details about the article 78 78

79 You can search by subject You can choose the language 79 79

80 Advanced Search 80 80

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82 To visit EduSearch Database, click on this icon 82 82

83 EDUSEARCH EduSearch ھﻲ ﺑﻮاﺑﺔ ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎﺗﯿﺔ ﺗﺮﺑﻮﯾﺔ ﺿﺨﻤﺔ ﺗﻤﺜﻞ اﻟﺤﻞ اﻷﻣﺜﻞ واﻟﻤﺘﻜﺎﻣﻞ ﻟﻠﻤﺘﺨﺼﺼﯿﻦ واﻟﺒﺎﺣﺜﯿﻦ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤﺠﺎل اﻟﺘﺮﺑﻮي. AraBase ھﻲ ﻗﺎﻋﺪة ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎت ﻟﻠﻠﻐﺔ واﻷدب واﻟﻌﻠﻮم اﻹﻧﺴﺎﻧﯿﺔ ﺗﻀﻢ ﺟﻤﯿﻊ اﻟﺪورﯾﺎت واﻟﻤﺠﻼت اﻟﻌﻠﻤﯿﺔ واﻟﻜﺘﺐ اﻟﺴﻨﻮﯾﺔ اﻟﻤﺘﺨﺼﺼﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻣﺠﺎل ﻋﻠﻮم اﻟﻠﻐﺔ واﻷدب واﻟﻌﻠﻮم اﻹﻧﺴﺎﻧﯿﺔ ﻣﻨﺬ ﻋﺎم 1934 وﺣﺘﻰ اﻵن. 83

84 Check AraBase Database then press on (continue)

85 Select the Keyword, type the term you want to search for

86 Click on advanced search 86 86

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88 Your search result will be listed as follows, click on one of the results to view the full text

89 Press this icon to view full text in PDF format 89 89

90 To visit AL-manhal Database, click on this icon 90 90

91 ALMANHAL E-BOOK COLLECTION ﺗﻘﺪم Almanhal ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺘﮭﺎ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻜﺘﺐاﻹﻟﻜﺘﺮوﻧﯿﺔ ﻓﻲ إدارة اﻷﻋﻤﺎل واﻻﻗﺘﺼﺎد و اﻵداب واﻟﻌﻠﻮم اﻹﻧﺴﺎﻧﯿﺔ واﻟﻔﻨﻮن ﻟﻌﺪد ﻛﺒﯿﺮ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب واﻟﻌﻠﻤﺎء. 91

92 you can select the website language from her

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94 You can search by subject 94 94

95 Select the subject Save your search 95 95

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