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This short module on ProQuest Dialog™ demonstrates Citation Look Up. Learn how easily you can find citations.
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You've been asked by a colleague to see if you can find a journal article entitled "Energy Use, Cost and CO2 Emissions of Electric Cars." This was published in the Journal of Power Sources on February 15, 2011. You know the author is Oscar Van Vliet.
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Log onto ProQuest Dialog. In the opening screen on the top left, click the drop-down menu for Advanced. Choose Look Up Citation.
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The Look Up Citation form appears. Enter as much as you know of the document title. You can enter the author name either first name followed by last name or last name followed by first name. As you begin to enter the publication title, ProQuest Dialog autosuggests journal names. If you know the ISSN or ISBN numbers enter them; also the volume number and publication year if available. Click Search.
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ProQuest Dialog reports zero results. It must have to do with that "CO2" in the title. You can try taking out the 2 next to CO.
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Having taken out the subscript 2 in the title, click Search. Note: you don't have to use truncation.
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ProQuest Dialog found the citation. Click on the title to get to the full record available, which in this case will be an abstract. Note the link to 360 Link Resolver. If you have a link resolver you can go directly to the full text.
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This is the full record available. You can link to the full text through your library's link resolver or you can order the full text from Infotrieve document delivery service.
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Now, let's look at additional features available in Look Up Citation. Click on Look up publications to look for specific journals.
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A query box opens where you can search journal names either contained in the title or beginning words. Scroll down and check off the boxes to the left of the appropriate journal titles. Click Add to search.
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Add any other pertinent information and click Search. Notice that you can enter as much of the title as you know and just the author's last name.
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Click the title of the record to get to the full record page and proceed as shown before.
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To sum up, in Look Up Citation enter as much of the information as you know. This new example shows a search for an article about Type 1 diabetes and hyperglycemia and the heart. You can use truncation. In this title you want to be sure to pick up variant spellings on the term hyperglycemia, whether British or American spellings. You can enter the author's name with first name, last name, last name, first name or just last name.
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ProQuest Dialog finds results and you can click on the titles to get to the full record page, or you can click on links below the records, such as citation/abstract, full text, full text in PDF or use a link resolver.
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Remember that on the full record page you can click to see similar items. Click on Full text PDF.
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ProQuest Dialog opens the PDF and note that you have not left ProQuest Dialog.
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You have learned in this module that you can access Look Up Citation by clicking under Advanced at the top left of any screen. Enter as much information as you know. Author searching is easy in ProQuest Dialog. You can search by first name last name, last name first name, or just last name. Be sure to visit the ProQuest Dialog Customer Information page to learn about the content and features of this new service.
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Thank you for taking the ProQuest Dialog At a Glance module on Look Up Citation. Press the Searching tab on the ProQuest Dialog Customer Information page for more search aids and training options.