PROQUEST FOR ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS

FIND PROQUEST UNDER DATABASES

NOW SELECT: THE AVERY INDEX

PROQUEST DISSERTATIONS +

THESES

PROQUEST DATABASE MAKE YOUR SELECTION

AVERY INDEX + PROQUEST DISSERTATIONS+THESES

IDENTIFY YOUR KEYWORDS DO NOT WORK WITH SENTENCES !!!!

WHICH WORDS ARE YOUR CORNERSTONES

CORNERSTONE WORDS =

KEYWORDS LET YOUR KEYWORDS WORK FOR YOU!

COMBINE THEM WITH AND

OR

AND NOT

SEARCH STRATEGY

OFFICES or “COMMERCIAL SPACE” and

CONVERSION*

SELECT “Anywhere except full text” in FIELD CODES COLUMN

SET YOUR DATE RANGE

RESULTS SELECT PREVIEW TO SEE ABSTRACT USE SFX IF PDF IS NOT AVAILABLE

YOUR RESULTS – TO SEE THE ABSTRACT PLUS KEYWORDS:

OPEN THE TITLE LINK

ANOTHER RELEVANT ARTICLE – FIND FULL TEXT IN THE PRINTED

JOURNAL URBAN LAND [available on Level 5 in the Library]

TOO MANY RESULTS?

FINE-TUNE YOUR SEARCH – USE YOUR FILTERS SELECT PUBLICATION TITLE

SELECT THOSE PUBLICATIONS THAT YOU PREFER e.g. ARCHITECT’S JOURNAL

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DETAIL GREEN + DOMUS

SELECT INCLUDE + PUBLICATION TITLE + APPLY

FINE-TUNED RESULTS COMING FROM DOMUS

DETAIL GREEN ARCHITECT’S JOURNAL

RESULTS FROM PROQUEST DISSERTATIONS+THESES YOU CAN DOWNLOAD COMPLETE THESIS

HOW TO SAVE A SEARCH?

HOW TO CREATE AN ALERT REGISTER ON PROQUEST AND YOU CAN DO ALL OF THIS!

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rianie.vanderlinde@up.ac.za