[nabs-l] Library Databases

[Kaley Jemison]

Good evening, I have some vision so my advice might not be as helpful. I am earning my masters in English literature, so I use database is quite a lot. You will probably use the MLA international bibliography, but I find project muse and JSTOR to be more accessible. Generally,I read through the list of articles to find what title best matches what I'm looking for after narrowing down my search terms.then, off to the right there is usually an option to download the PDF which usually works with the screen reader. Project music even occasionallythen, off to the right there is usually an option to download the PDF which usually works with the screen reader. Project music even occasionally has an audio button that will just review the article. I hope this helps let me know if you have any more specific questions and I would be happy to help. I am also teaching freshman English so I am very aware of how to use library resources. All the best, Kaley

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> On Sep 13, 2017, at 5:23 PM, Ashley Bramlett via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Neel,
> That's nice to hear. I've had plenty of issues navigating databases.
> 
> Clemson is a good school; my dad graduated from there.
> 
> Ashley
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> -----Original Message----- From: Neel Sheth via NABS-L
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 10:12 PM
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> Hello Vejas,
> In general, I haven’t had any issues navigating my university’s library website or the database list. I usually use google scholar, and the science databases. Though, I’ve also found that jstor is also vary accessible. the area where you may have issues is citing the sources. At Clemson, we use refworks as our citation manager, and though it’s perfectly accessible, the page isn’t divided into many headings or frames, so navigation is very tedious. For a list of sources, I just created a list of sources in refworks, and imported the list into an RTF document on my computer.
> Continuing on finding sources however, I’ve also found that if you find a wikipedia article on your topic, the reference list at the end of the article is a great place to find journal articles that may be useful.
>> On Sep 12, 2017, at 6:16 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>> One of my classes  is going to rely heavily on narrowing Internet search results down to reputable sources using databases and the library archives. I haven't had any experience with databases before.  In the past, and as a high school student, we were occasionally recommended to use them, but we could also just go online and find things with Google. The databases  which I will primarily be using are my school's library database and the MLA database. We are also allowed to look at old archived material from the older times, which is available in our library but which I am guessing would not be available electronically. I just wanted to ask you all what your experiences using databases have been. How much sighted help have you needed? Are you easily able to take something from a database and save it for later use?
>> Thanks,
>> Vejas
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