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Search information in databases: SAGE Journals

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• SAGE is the world's fifth largest journals publisher. It publishes over 1000 journals – spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than 400 are published on behalf of learned societies and institutions.

• These journals contain valuable and comprehensive academic content.

To get access to this electronic resource off-campus, you need to have created an Athens Account. If you don’t have one yet, please contact the LRC Help Desk (020 8394 3055) or email LRC@nescot.ac.uk

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 STEP 1 Log in to Weblearn Log in to Weblearn at: http://weblearn.nescot.ac.uk/

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 STEP 2 Open the database in your course Go to your course and find the e-resources and e-books section. Click on ‘SAGE Journals’ to gain access to the database.

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 STEP 3

Sign in via OpenAthens

 Under the ‘My Tools’ tab, click ‘My Account’.

 Then click on ‘Open Athens’.

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 Enter your Athens username (ness0------) and password and sign in.

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 STEP 4 Search Database Enter keywords in the search box for a basic search (e.g. primary education). When you begin typing into the search box a list of possible search options will present themselves. Click the ‘Search’ button.

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 STEP 5 Search Results Then you get a list of results that match your search.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 6 Filter results Use the filters on the right hand side to make your search more precise by limiting the results to full text articles, publication date, source type, and subject or publication title. The list will automatically refresh.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 7

Bibliographic details

Every article you find includes full bibliographic information such as article title, author, journal title, volume, date and number of pages. You will need this information in your bibliography and references if you use the article in your assignment.

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 STEP 8

Open the article

To read the article click on the link to the PDF document.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 9

Read the article

Once you get the PDF document, you can read the article online, minimise or maximise the size and navigate by using the scroll bar. You can also navigate through the contents table on the left hand side. The set of tools also allows you to print a copy and email the document.

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