I remember using Proquest in college for research and writing papers for classes. It was a great help on difficult topics. I like how broad the articles are and how diverse the publications are that the articles are taken from. I also like how you can have a full article to read, this helps when you are researching broad topics and you have to print off something to read later. It is easier to have the whole article right now than to try to go back and find it later.
1. I chose the topic of Quilting for my first search. This is a hobby I enjoy outside of school. I like the many different ways quilting was presented; as a hobby, some looked upon it as a useless pastime, and how other article taught you more about the hobby and tools used.
1a. I read the Proquest post by Marion the Librarian. I agree with her that Proquest requires time to sort out the information. It is not an easy site to use, and it is used more by the scholarly researcher than most other people. In fact most people do not even know that it exists. I agree with her post entirely.
2. In the Publications Tab, I tried to find the Early Childhood Journal that I have used before for research. I did find it, but it was not the same type of journal. It was a little different. The journal I have used was not in the findings. I was a little surprised that it was not on Proquest. But I guess then it is a good thing, I know where to find issues of it.
Hi, MickeyMouseFan, many people remember using ProQuest as a college student, just as you do! We like its breadth of coverage for popular, trade, and scholarly journals. I also like that it gives me Suggested Topics to help narrow my search, and it gives me different terms to search with than ones I may have thought of. In the publications tab, try searching just the words "early childhood," and you will get 4 full text journals on that subject. Happy researching!
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