How To Search
InfoTrac One File
Expanded Academic ASAP (Infotrac) contains over 3 million articles published from 1980 forward on a range of topics. You can read, print, save, or email the texts of many articles at your computer!
Getting Started
Click "Info Trac Onefile" on the Libraries’ databases list.
Basic Searching
Select "Keyword Search" in the blue column on the left side of the screen for most searches:
> Connect words
with AND to find articles that contain both words.
Example: football and baseball finds articles that contain both football
and baseball.
> Connect words with OR to find articles that contain either word.
Example: football or baseball finds articles that contain either football
or baseball.
> Connect words with NOT to find articles that contain one word but
not another.
Example: sports not football finds articles that contain sports but not
football.
> Enclose phrases in quotation marks:
Example: "Baseball Hall of Fame" finds this exact phrase.
> Use an asterick on the root of a keyword to find various endings.
Example: swim* finds swim, swimmer, swimmers, swimming
> Limit your search to : -- articles with online texts
-- scholarly or professional articles from refereed publications
-- a certain date range
Viewing Texts
Articles with online texts have the blue message Text under the articles’ titles. Other articles will only have Citations or Abstracts. Users may find texts for these citations or abstracts by searching in the Libraries’ Catalog. (See below)
What if the articles do not have online texts?
Look in Libraries’ Catalog to see if the Library has the journal containing
the article:
> Minimize Infotrac (or print out the citations)
> Enter the Libraries Catalog (http://library.ua.edu/).
> Select "Basic Search"
> Type in the name of the journal or magazine (not the title of the article).
> Highlight "Journal Title" in the "Find Results in" menu.
> Click "Search"
> The journal will appear if the library owns it.
> Scroll down and see if the Library Has the appropriate month and
year of the journal or magazine (Please note: if multiple headings for the
journal appear, click on each heading to see if the library owns the appropriate
month and year.)
> Write down the Location and Call Number for the journal or
magazine.
Improving Searches
> Subject guide: permits you
to browse a list of subjects.
> Relevancy search: use + in front of words that you wish to
find use
– in front of words that you do not wish to find
> Advanced search: limits the search to specific types of information
such as author, article title, or journal name.
Printing and Emailing
Printing: Click
the Print icon on the left side of the article. Click "OK"
Emailing: Click Email or Retrieval on the left side of the article. Type in your email address. Click "Submit Email Request"
Help
>Ask a librarian at the Information Desk in one
of the campus libraries.
>Call the Libraries at (205) 348-6047