Wednesday, July 9, 2008

General Onefile







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General OneFile, is a large general database, similar to but larger than Masterfile Premier. It has more than 11,000 journal titles (over 60 million articles), including a significant collection of Australian titles, some dating as far back as 1980.

General OneFile is our electronic access to Choice magazine and also gives full-text access to many key titles including Art & Australia, Australian Library Journal and the Australian Journal of Early Childhood, as well as more popular magazines including Australian Geographic, Cosmopolitan and more.

Due to the wide ranging content, General OneFile could be used for patrons requiring Choice articles or content related to their hobbies and interests, as well as secondary and tertiary level students requiring articles for their coursework.







General Onefile is on the Magazines and Newspapers page of Information on the Web, http://www.wev.vic.gov.au/Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=298&h=0


Test me (and email the answers to your friendly local ISL)


1. Find articles on cane toads with images. How did you do this?


2. How far back does General OneFile hold full-text articles of National Geographic?
(TIP Publication Search tab)


3. In Basic Search find Choice articles on washing machines.
(TIP Restrict your search by using a Publication title limiter field)


4. Find academic journal articles on global warming between 1/9/08 and 1/09/09.
(TIP After retrieving your initial search results, using date limiters, use the Academic Journals tab to isolate only academic journal articles)

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