Library Information Literacy Session: Dance Appreciation - Lopez

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To access electronic content outside the library you will need to authenticate yourself as a UTEP
student. The option for remote access:
1. VPN Connection- this will allow you to operate as if you were on-campus and on UTEP's
hardwired network.
VPN on Macintosh

VPN on Windows

1.

Open Network & Sharing Center

1.

Go to "system preferences"

2.

Click on "Setup a new connection or network"

2.

Next click on network

3.

Then click on "Connect to a workplace"

3.

Click on the "+" sign at the bottom left hand corner.

4.

Click on "Use my Internet Connection (VPN)"

4.

In the interface bar choose VPN and for the VPN type
choose PPTP

5.

In the internet address bar type: vpn.utep.edu.

6.

In the destination name bar type: UTEP VPN

7.

Click next.

5.

Service name = UTEP VPN

6.

Click on create

UTEP Library Homepage: http://libraryweb.utep.edu

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Part I: Online Library Catalog/Encore

Search 1
1. Open the UTEP Library Homepage: http://libraryweb.utep.edu/
2. Type in spanish renaissance in the search box of the Library Catalog and click Search.

Search 2

Locatio
n

Call #

Can I check it
out?

3. Change the search to: spanish drama.

4. Find the title and click on A Companion to Early Modern Hispanic Theater

Within the record, find the link shown above. Select the link and log in.
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Part II: Online Articles & Databases

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is a multidisciplinary
database that provides access
to popular, trade, and
scholarly articles. This is the
database most used by UTEP
undergraduates.
Tip: Utilize the limiters available in Academic Search Complete to make your searches more precise.

Adding more EBSCO Databases

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Select Journals to
only find scholarly
articles in your

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is a multidisciplinary
database that provides access
to scholarly articles. This is
the database most used by
UTEP undergraduates.

Easy-to-find PDF
Full Text

Boolean Operators & Truncation

1
3

2
4
5
1

Quotation Marks

Wildcard*

OR

AND

Ensure that these words appear in this order; useful

for phrases
Allow for multiple word endings; immigra*=
immigrant, immigration, immigrating, etc.
Broaden/expand results by allowing for multiple
possibilities; great for synonyms
Narrow results by combining two concepts

NOT

Eliminate words or phrases from results

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Use these tricks to create precise, sophisticated, relevant searches

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Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place,
you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court
opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other
web sites.
Search Google Scholar while
connected to the VPN.

This will allow you to access

articles from publications we
have access to, thanks to our
database subscriptions. (Full-

VPN

VPN

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REMEMBER:
If you need help with your research,
contact a librarian in person at the Reference Desk,
by phone at (915) 747-5643,
via email at libraryref@utep.edu or
via chat at http://libanswers.utep.edu/
OR
Joy Urbina
Library Room 102
(915) 747-5066
jurbina4@utep.edu
For problems and/or issues with a database or journal:
UTEP Library Electronic Resources Team
e-resources@utep.edu

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