Ingenta offers access to citations from over 18,000 English language
periodicals. It allows you to do a keyword search on a topic as well as browse the tables of
contents of the journals in its database. It
does not
provide the abstracts of journal citations. Ingenta also offers an online fee-based article
delivery service and a current awareness alerting service. Choose Ingenta from the
Research Databases link on any
Library Catalog page.
Once you are in the Ingenta database, you will see a search form with a choice of search
methods.
Search Methods:
Name/Author: Use this method to retrieve articles written
BY a particular person.
Keyword: Do a Keyword search when you are looking for articles
ABOUT a topic or person. The database will search for the word in the title,
subtitle, summary or abstract of the article. The search results will provide a citation only. To
see the article or read an abstract, you need to locate the journal in a library, a research
database that offers full-text, or order the article online (for a fee).
Journal Title: Click on this option when you want to search for a specific journal
title or when you want to browse a list of titles related to a particular subject. Once the screen
displays a title or list of titles, click on the
"Journal Issues" button on the left to get a further breakdown of issues of that
journal. Clicking on a specific issue will allow you to browse the table of contents for that
issue.
Reveal Alert
Ingenta allows you to e-mail one citation at a time free of charge. A fee is charged if you
want to subscribe to the more extensive
Reveal Alert service. This service delivers the tables of contents from the latest
periodical issues directly to your e-mail box on a regular basis (according to a profile you
establish). In addition, your stored search strategies can be automatically run each week against
new articles added to the database, and the results can be e-mailed to you.
Finding a Journal or Full-Text
Journals that are cited in Ingenta may be available at the Harris Library or other Case
libraries. Do a
Title Search in the Library Catalog, check the
Journals at the Harris Library
web page, and don't forget to check the Case
E-Journal Portal. Any of these methods may lead you to the full-text of
the journal you seek.
Ingenta Delivery Service
Ingenta also provides for the delivery of articles based on a fee structure that corresponds
to the journal title and length of the article. The cost for delivery is specified for each article
in the database and generally ranges from $15.00 to $30.00 for fax delivery.
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