> Database Guide - ProQuest Databases

  

Features

1. Searching

• Basic Search and the result list
  
   
• Advanced Search
  
   
• Book Details Page
  

2. Read Online

• The Online Reader for PDF helps you quickly find popular features, including expandable Table of Contents, navigation pane, book downloading, Bookshelf , annotation and more.
  
   
• The Online Reader for EPUB provides options for copy, print, download for offline access, citing and annotating.  
  

3. Downloading in Ebook Central

• Offline Access
  
   
• Ebook Central Reader App (please go to "Mobile App" page for more details)
  
   
• Chapter Download
  
   
• Downloading Digital Course Reserve titles 
  

4. Bookshelf
   Your bookshelf in ProQuest Ebook Central keeps track of your downloads, loans and saved books, and let you share them with others.
   

5. Wait List
   The new Wait List means you will be able to place a hold for titles in use. 
   

Collection Information

Subject areas covered in ProQuest Central include: 

Arts and Humanities
Coverage of the main subject areas including literature, history, religion, philosophy, and fine and performing arts. Arts & Humanities Database, Religion Database, and full-text titles from Research Library provide journals, magazines, and professional publications.






Business
The inclusion of ABI/INFORM Collection gives access to thousands of journals specifically on business, economics, accounting, finance, management, taxation, law as well as a comprehensive collection of top market, industry, and country reports from Economist Intelligence Unit, BMI, ISI Emerging Markets, and more.






Health and Medical
With ProQuest Health and Medical Collection, ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Database, Consumer Health Database, Healthcare Administration Database, Public Health Database, and Psychology Database, users have access to the content from 45 different countries. This comprehensive collection includes full-text journals, as well as scholarly resources such as dissertations, professional literature, and practical medical training videos.





News
ProQuest Central contains over full-text news titles from hundreds of global news organizations, such as Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, El Mundo, Financial Times, The Times of India, The New York Times, Die Welt, and LeMonde, Los Angeles Times, and Al Bawaba news publications.






Science & Technology
Including seven new databases: Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database, Agriculture Science Database, Biological Science Collection, Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database, Engineering Database, Environmental Science Database, and Materials Science Database, users can access to the important full-text, impact factored journals.






Social Sciences
ProQuest Central features scholarly journals, and professional journals in all the fields within social and political sciences with complete resources such as Criminal Justice Database, Education Database, Library Science Database, Linguistics Database, Political Science Database, Social Science Database, and Sociology Database.

• To Check the Uniqueness of Dissertations Titles
  To find titles related to their scholarly interests and to make sure that their proposed thesis or dissertation topics have not already been written about.
   
• Global Network of Knowledge
  PQDT Global connects scholarship from 4,100 universities globally, diverse voices, ideas, and perspectives. PQDT Global database gives instant access to high-quality, multidisciplinary research materials to Uncover new ideas and innovations with more confidence and effectiveness.
   
• Equitable Search Results
  The ProQuest editorial team reviews every title and applies enhancements to create equitable discoverability across subjects and institutions, consistently delivering quality, relevant results.
   
• Connections to Insights
  Each full text dissertation in PQDT Global is fully searchable providing an unparalleled resource for text and data mining analysis making connections that generate new insights.
   
• The Undiscovered
  PQDT Global helps the students and research scholars to uncover the “undiscovered research” insight and intelligence. Rich with new and niche information on every topic imaginable, dissertations are a wealth of potential insights for all levels of researchers.
   
• Citations Connection
  Citation Connections deliver Foundational Research and Similar Dissertations documents. User can extract Dissertation citations which are cross-linked, searchable, and offering a “ready-made” list of sources on a topic.

1. Citation Connections 
   
   This session will show that by leveraging the rich citation data found in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, researchers can benefit from focused pathways of discovery to build foundational knowledge on a topic. Duration: 3 minutes.
    
2. 
   Searching Titles and Languages
   
   This session reviews how Students, both Masters or PhD, can use the database's advanced search to identify known dissertations by title and search/analyze by languages other than English. Duration: 3 minutes.
    
3.  Searching Names
   This session reviews how Students, both Masters or Ph, can use the database's advanced search to identify dissertations of known Authors or Advisors and further refine/analyze them. Duration: 4 minutes.
    
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   Cited References
   
   This session reviews how Students, both Masters or PhD, can use the dissertations to retrieve and explore further the Cited References. Duration: 4 minutes. 
    
5. 
   Supplemental Files
   
   This session reviews how Students, both Masters or PhD, can identify dissertations with Supplemental files which may contain useful materials for their graduate work. Duration: 3.5 minutes.
    
6. 
   Subject Searching
   
   This session will show Students, both Masters or PhD, some Search techniques both Basic and Advanced to locate dissertations on a certain topic. Duration: 5.5 minutes.