Citing Articles

MLA Style Examples: Smith, John. "Innovate or Die." Journal of Business Venturing  June 2001: 32-33. ScienceDirect Web Editions. Elsevier. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 8 July 2004 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/>. For additional MLA examples, visit the MLA site.

Basic Steps

On the Journals screen choose: - All Journals or Book Series - Display:  Subscribed and click All. Choose your title and browse. Use View drop down box on right to change view to: Citations, Partial Abstract + Citations, or Full Abstract + Citations . Some journals do not have abstracts. Use ProQuest or EBSCOhost to locate a specific article by keyword, subject, etc., and then locate the journal using the Full Text Finder.

My Profile

With a ScienceDirect profile, users can receive an email alert and create custom lists of journals.   Register Click Register on the main page or click My Profile and then Register.  If a Security Alert concerning a security certificate pops up, click Yes to proceed.  Fill in the form and click Done.  Usually you will be welcomed and logged in.  However, if nothing seems to happen after submitting, click Done again and check your email for confirmation that an account has been created.  Once logged in, choose My Profile:  Add/Remove My Favorite Journals and Book Series enables you to set up a custom list of linked titles that you can bring up whenever you log in. Add/Remove Alerts allows you to choose journals and book series whose tables of contents will be sent to you when new issues are published.  You may include both subscribed and non-subscribed titles.  If you set up a Profile before July 15, 2004, you will need to set up a new Profile in order for the profile to include Babson's web editions.  You may want to email ScienceDirect at elechlpdsk@elsevier.com and request that your old account be removed.

Viewing & Printing Options

ScienceDirect provides 3 options for viewing citations. Email. Print. Save.

Scope

Provides online access to the full-text of the latest 5 years for over 350 peer reviewed journals.   With a personal profile, users may set up a custom list of journals and email alerts for the tables of contents of new issues.  Some of the subscribed journals are: Business Horizons Journal of Business Venturing Journal of International Economics Journal of Management   Long Range Planning, etc.

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Updated April 27, 2006 By  Frances Nilsson