ProQuest 5.0 Database Suite Sees Further Enhancements

ProQuest is one of the Libraries' most popular database suites, featuring the databases ABI/INFORM, with business and management journal articles, and PA Research II, with general and scholarly articles representing a number of subject areas. In addition, ProQuest Newspapers provides access to major U.S. newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. You have the option of searching one or any combination of these databases at the same time. All of these databases contain full text articles, with the majority of the materials as page image Adobe documents.

As of Thursday, October 4th, the ProQuest interface now features the following significant enhancements:

• Since the release of ProQuest 5.0 in July 2001, the first screen that appears by default after ProQuest login is the search screen. However, we have discovered that some users prefer to see the "Collections" screen, which allows database selection, first. Therefore, in order to meet all our users' needs, ProQuest is adding an option that displays the Collections screen first.

• The search results now display at the top of the screen; they previously appeared below the search form.

• Users are now able to print from Netscape without the use of the ProQuest print feature.

To access any of the ProQuest databases:

1. Click on Databases under Resources on the RensSearch page.

2. Click on All Databases.

3. Click on ABI/INFORM, PA Periodicals II, or ProQuest Newspapers.

4. Click on Collections.

5. Select ABI/INFORM, PA Research II, or Newspaper Abstracts. You can search one or more of these databases at the same time.

6. Begin your search.

   For a user guide to all of the ProQuest databases, please refer to the URL

   
   http://www.lib.rpi.edu/help/guides/proquest.pdf
   

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