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Dissecting a Database: Teaching Yourself How to Search

How to Find Articles
Health Sciences –
PubMed@UCLA
Biology & Life Sciences – BIOSIS Previews
Biology & Life Sciences – Zoological Record
Nursing – CINAHL
Psychology – PsycINFO
Science & Social Science – Web of Science

How to Locate Books
Finding Books By Subject Using the UCLA Library Catalog
Finding Call Numbers for Books by Author Using CDL MELVYL Catalog
Finding Call Numbers for Books by Title Using CDL MELVYL Catalog

How to Locate Journals
Finding Call Numbers for Journals Using the CDL Melvyl Catalog

Biomedical Library Call Number Locations

Biomedical Library Shelving List by Subject
 

Finding Call Numbers for Books by Title and/or Author Using ORION2

http://orion2.library.ucla.edu


  1. In the Address/Location box, type http://orion2.library.ucla.edu. Then press Enter.

    ORION2 URL example

  2. Search using the techniques illustrated.

  3. When you display an individual record, scroll down to see the call number and location.


Author and Title

  1. Type the author’s last name and one or two keywords from the title in the search terms box.

    Author and Title Keyword Search example

  2. Click Search Keywords button.

  3. If your search results in more than one journal title, click Expanded Results to view call numbers.

Title

  1. Type your title in any word order in the search terms box.

    Complete Title Search example

  2. Click Search Title Words.

  3. If your search results in more than one journal title, click Expanded Results to view call numbers.

Author

  1. Type the author’s name in any order in the search terms box.

    Author Name Search example

  2. Click Search Author Words button.

  3. If your search results in more than one journal title, click Expanded Results to view call numbers.

Chapter in a book

You must use the title of the book.

  • Use Search Title Words, or

  • Use Search Keywords button, combining the editor’s name and keywords from the title.

  • To determine the title of the book:

    1. Look at your citation.

    2. Locate the word “In.”

    3. The book’s editor and title follow the word “In.” For example:

      Posner, Michael I. “Attention in Cognitive Neuroscience: An Overview.” In Michael S. Gazzaniga, Ed., et al. The Cognitive Neurosciences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995.

Notes

  • You can focus your results by using the language, date, and format limits as needed.

  • Remember to click Quit and Close to end your current ORION2 session.

  • Use Biomedical Library Call Number Locations to find to the appropriate stack level in the library.

 

Last updated: February 19, 2004

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