Lesson 5: ProQuest

1. Do a basic search on something of interest to you. Report your findings and observations. 

I did a basic search on Drug Use in the Horse Racing Industry. I found that ProQuest pulled up multiple article from newspapers, journals, magazines, and even audio. They dated all the way back to the 1970's. I refined my search to include only articles from 2010 to date. The articles all had citations. 

1.a. See what your Challenge cohort is discovering. Choose at least one other Challenge blog, read that person's post (about this or a previous lesson), and comment on it. You may like to check each other's blogs throughout the Challenge as you learn together. 

I read thelibrarianqueen's blog. I think she did a great job posting her findings. What a great thing that we can use this site to look up such useful information!

2. Click the Publications tab at the top of the page. You will see an alphabetical list of the periodicals indexed in Proquest and the years included. Notice that this list is "Full text only." Do a search for a journal in your profession by typing a title or keyword in the search box. Report your findings and observations. 

I searched for "Library" and came up with several periodicals. I found that they list full articles delayed by one year, and coverage-any format to present. Once you click on the desired periodical the issues are listed by most recent first. You can select the year and issue desired and a list of articles from this periodical appear. This would be great if you were looking for a specific article.