Connect to Wilson Select Plus - FirstSearch If off campus: enter your Babson username and password when prompted. Brief Description: Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. Access Restrictions: Students, Faculty, Staff may use Alumni and Visitors may not use.

Citing Articles Basic Steps Advanced Search Tips Viewing, Printing & Saving Scope

Citing Articles

MLA Style Examples: McGrath, Thomas. "Color and the Exchange of Ideas Between Patron and Artist in Renaissance Italy." The Art Bulletin June 2000: 298-308. WilsonSelectPlus. FirstSearch. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 22 June 2001 <http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/>. For additional MLA examples, visit the MLA site.

Basic Steps

Put your search terms in the boxes using drop-downs to identify search areas.  Use the browse index keys to the right of the search boxes to look for alternate search words.  Use limit boxes to cut down your search results.

Advanced Search Tips

Search Syntax

Search Type	Format	Example
Boolean Searching	AND OR ( ) to group synomyns or similar terms	entrepreneur* and team* entrepren* or intrapren* (entrepren* or intrapren*) and interviews
Truncation	* (asterisk)	entrepreneur* (searches for entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, etc.)
Proximity - Same order	wX	market w2 share
Proximity - Any order	nX	market n2 share (would search for "share of the market")
Wildcard	? (question mark)	wom?n

Segment or Field Searching Databases use different codes to allow you to search by specific field. This can help to narrow your search to a specific publication, author, or date.

Search Indexes	Labels	Example
Keyword	kw:	coffee and house+ [keyword searches the Abstract, Source Phrase, Subject, and Title indexes]
Abstract	ab:	tea+
Author	au:	o'hara ohara
Author phrase	au=	grafton anthony [last name first]
Corporate author phrase	co=	harvard university
Descriptor	de:	tea+
Descriptor phrase	de=	art russian
Geographic coverage phrase	gc=	dallas tex
Language phrase	ln=	french [browse index for available languages]
Named person phrase	na=	parker dorothy [last name first]
Source	so:	library
Source phrase	so=	african business
Subject	su:	rabbit+
Subject phrase	su=	trout fishing
Title	ti:	layoff+
Title phrase	ti=	bear takes a bite
Year	yr:	1998

Viewing, Printing & Saving Options

Viewing Records results are numbered and listed in the order in which they were added to the database, most recent first. Sorting and Marking Use the Sort icon (for <500 records) to sort by title, author, number of libraries who own the item, or date. You can Mark records to view, email or save to disk. Printing, Saving, and Exporting Use the Print or E-Mail icon to deliver your results. From your browser's toolbar, chose File...Print to print the article or File... Save to download. Click the Export icon to download data bibliographic management programs, such as Endnote or Refwork.  Choose your format and then click Export.

Scope

WilsonSelectPlus database includes the full text of over 1600 periodicals with complete indexing and abstracts.  Information is provided by: Readers' Guide Abstracts Social Sciences Abstracts Humanities Abstracts General Science Abstracts Wilson Business Abstracts

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Updated November 3, 2005 By  Frances Nilsson