
Using Proquest health and medical complete
Databases give you references to articles on particular subjects so it is a good place to begin your research. You will need an Athens username and password, which should be on My Caledonian (click the Athens tab).
There is an online version of this worksheet.
Start your browser and go to the library web page. You can also click on the drop down menu and click on Search a database or click on Search a database in the tag cloud. Click on Proquest Health and Medical complete from the A-Z database list.
Log in using your Athens username and password. You may not need this on campus.
We will be searching for articles on family support services and children. This search uses the advanced search feature, so click The Advanced tab at the top of the screen. This gives a clearer search form.
When you are searching, it helps to split your topic into keywords. For our example, this gives us family support services and children. Type the keywords into the search boxes. At this stage you can click the Full text documents only option. This limits the results to full articles which are available on Proquest. It is useful when you are in a hurry, but you can miss out on valuable research which is available from other sources!
This gives us a lot of results! You can cut them down by clicking the Scholarly journals tab at the top of the list. This limits your search results to articles which have been peer-reviewed. Peer-review means that a panel of experts look through and approve the article before it can be published.
When you enter your search, you can click the button for Scholarly journals only and use drop-down menus to select a range of dates. The search form also displays at the foot of your first set of search results, so you can add limits at that stage.
Select the Specific date range option from the drop down menu and type two dates into the boxes. Click the orange search button to apply the dates. This will cut down your search results even further.
Now that you have found some interesting articles, you need to read them! Some full articles are available directly from Proquest. To see them, click Full Text - PDF. Not all articles are available from Proquest, but we may have them from another supplier.
To check for full text, click This should open another database with the full text of the article if we subscribe to it.
We also have a system called RefWorks which will help you keep a note of your references and format them into a bibliography in Harvard format. Select some references from your results list by clicking in the box beside the title, and a tick will appear. Now that you have marked your records, Proquest gives you options at the top of the results list.
Click Export On the next screen click Export directly to RefWorks . This will open a new window to our RefWorks software. If you have a pop-up blocker on your PC, you will need to turn it off. You can do this by either clicking on the yellow bar at the top of your screen or by using the tools menu on your browser. For an easy log in, click the blue Athens users link. Enter your Athens username and password on the next screen, if asked.
If you have not used RefWorks before, you will be asked for your name, student type and email address. This is a once only registration process. After you have completed the form, RefWorks reads in your references. New references are always put into the Last imported folder. The new references always overwrite items already there, so you need to create a new folder and move your references into that to store them safely.
To create a new folder, go to Folder at top. Click on Create new folder and give it a name. Click all in list. Click on downward arrow in Put in folder and click on file name. Go to Bibliography at the top then click on Output style and choose Harvard School of Healtha. Choose your folder from the drop down menu at the foot of the screen and click on Create bibliography. Your bibliography will appear in a pop-up window. You can cut and paste it into the end of your document. For more information on how to use RefWorks, look at the work-through guide on the library web pages or contact your librarian. More information is available.
For more help on using Proquest, contact your librarian on
Email: cbsliaison@gcal.ac.uk Phone: 0141 273 1374 or come to a drop in session from Monday-Thursday from 2-3 in room 5 of the Carnegie suite on level 1 of the Saltire Centre.