General Information:
General OneFile is a Gale database that provides news, reference, multimedia, and periodical/journal articles from 1980-Present. A wide range of topics is covered including business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, and technology. Millions of full-text articles are available and the database is updated daily.
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- To change from a Keyword search use the drop-down menu
- You can change from AND to OR or NOT
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- Wildcard: use a question mark (?) in place of a single letter.
- Results page
- Results listed under the following tabs: Magazines, Academic Journals, Books, News, and Multimedia
- Search for a keyword within your results by clicking in box by “search within these results” and type in your search term
- List of suggested subject terms will appear on the left hand side of the results screen.
- Click on any of the subjects heading links to expand or narrow your search, or take it in a different, but related direction.
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- Click on Citation Tools to generate a citation or export to a citation management program
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- Use you want to browse a listing of subjects, people, products, locations and organizations that contain word or words you entered
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- navigate through the Subject Guide by selecting a subdivision and related subjects links.
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