New! Theology eCollection from netLibrary

A new e-book collection has been added to the SDCC/SCS College Library. The first ever Theology e-book collection. Through netLibrary, this collection has almost 400 titles from some of the leading publishers in religion. There are 4 copies of each title which we share with 80 other libraries.

The titles can be searched through the Library's Online Catalog, Athena, or in netLibrary (Research Database).

You can also review the list of titles via Athena's Visual Search.

Export from Google Scholar into RefWorks

You can now set an export preference to send data from Google Scholar to your RefWorks account with the click of a button.

To set this feature up in Google Scholar:
1. From the Google Scholar search page, click on the Scholars Preferences link.
2. Scroll down to the Bibliography Manager section.
3. Select Show Links to Import into and select RefWorks from the drop-down.
4. Click Save Preferences.

To initate a direct export to RefWorks:
1. Conduct your search in Google Scholar
2. Each record displayed will have an Import into RefWorks link. Clicking on the link will launch the RefWorks login page.
3. Once you log in, you are brought automatically to the Edit view of the reference. If you do not wish to edit the record, you can navigate to any other area of RefWorks.
4. Your record is stored in your Last Imported Folder.

Set up a search alert or journal alert in EBSCO

Now that you have your My EBSCOhost account, you can save your favorite searches or you can have email alerts sent to you when new articles are added to the database that meet your search criteria.

First you need to login to My EBSCOhost & you need to perform a search.

SAVE SEARCHES/ALERTS

From the Search History/Alerts tab, click Save Searches/Alerts. Enter a Name and Description for the search. select one of the following: Saved Search (Permanent), Saved Search (Temporary 24 hours), or Alert.

Search Alerts. If you select Alert, additional fields are available: you can run the Alert against a different database, select how often the search will be run; limit how far back the articles are searched, and how long the alert will be in effect. In Email Properties, enter your Email Address, enter a brief subject line for the Alert email, select the Email format to use: Plain Text or HTML, and the email Results format to use: Brief or Detailed, etc.

You can retrieve your saved searches and alerts and edit and reuse them.

RETRIEVE SAVED SEARCHES
From the Search History/Alerts tab, click Retrieve Searches. If you currently have search history open, you are prompted to save your current search. If you proceed without saving, the retrieved search appears and your current search is cleared. To retrieve a search from the Saved Searches List, click on the Retrieve Saved Search link.

When you have finished making changes, click Save.

JOURNAL ALERTS

If you want to keep track of additions in the database for a specific journal, click on Publications (green bar on top of page below Search tabs). Search for the desired journal and click on the title to enter the record, click on the Journal Alert link (upper right side of box) and fill out the necessary information (similar to search alerts).

When you have finished making changes, click Save.