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Search information in databases: Science Direct

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 Science Direct is a scientific database offering fulltext access to over 13 million articles in nearly 2,500 journals.  Nescot subscribes to the Life Sciences and Health collections. Subjects covered include Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Neurosciences, Medicine, Health and Veterinary Science.

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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ďƒ˜ 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 ‘Science Direct’ to gain access to the database.

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 STEP 3 Sign in On the upper right, open the ‘Sign in’ tab to log in.

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 STEP 4 Log in using OpenAthens Click on the ‘OpenAthens login’ link.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 5 Authentication Point Enter your Athens username (ness0------) and password.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 6 Search Enter keywords in the search box for a basic search (e.g. ankle ligaments). You can refine your search by adding the authors name or the title of the journal you are looking for.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 7 Search Results Then you get a list of results that match your search. The articles that have a green symbol to the right of them allow you full-text access.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 8 Filter results Use the filters on the left hand side to make your search more precise by limiting the results to Year, publication title, Type, Content Type. The list will be refreshed once you click Apply filters.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 9 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.

Title Authors Journal title

Volume

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ďƒ˜ STEP 10 Open the article To read the article click on the link to the PDF document.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 10 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 arrows or the scroll bar. You can also print a copy or save it to your computer or memory stick.

Save

Next and previous page

Scroll bar to go to next pages

Print Minimise / Maximise size

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