Radiologic Technology: Research Tools & Reminders

|| Periodical Articles || Health Articles || Search Engines || Date Filters || Business Directories ||
|| Creating a Web Page using Word || Transferring an Image || Citing your Sources ||

Listed here are brief reminders of search tools you can employ as you do the "Emerging Technologies in Diagnostic Imaging" assignment.

Finding Periodical Articles using EBSCOhost's Academic Search Elite

  1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage <http://libwww.cabrillo.edu> (If you are coming in from off campus, your library card number in your user ID.)
  2. Click on Fulltext Articles
  3. Click on Magazine Articles (EBSCOhost)
  4. Click on
  5. Probably best to use the mode (click on Advanced Search near the top of your screen, sort of in the middle)
  6. If you want, you can limit to fulltext articles in the database by click on the small box next to Full text

Finding Health Articles using Health Reference Center

  1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage
  2. Click on Fulltext Articles
  3. Click on Health Reference Center -- Magazines and Summaries, then on Proceed

Where Web Search Engines are Listed

  1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage
  2. Click on Search the Internet (third icon down)
  3. Click on Search Engines     Click from the Search Engine page for the Detailed Search Engine Chart to help you search better.

Which Search Engines have Date Filters

  1. AltaVista Advanced Click on the option box next to by timeframe
  2. Google Go to the Advanced Search mode. Click on option box for Date
  3. HotBot Change the option box under Date:
  4. AllTheWeb Go to the Advanced Search mode. Under Results Restrictions, change the dates in the Pages updated area

Business Directories on the Internet

  1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage
  2. Click on Internet Links
  3. Click on Directories
  4. The most obvious choice is Thomas Register of American Manufacturers which is listed in the Directories: Businesses Only section.

    The Google Directory also has a listing of manufacturers of radiology equipment.

Creating a Web Page Using Word

The Using the Internet class includes an introduction to How to Create a Web Page Using Word.

Transferring an Image from the Web to Word

  1. On the Web, right click on the image; scroll down to Save Image As
  2. Save the image to the Desktop. You can rename it if you want. Save it with a .jpg (for photographs and images with lots of detail), or a .gif (other images) extension
  3. Go to your Word document. (Start -> Word)
  4. Click on Insert on the toolbar at the top of the screen
  5. Go to Picture. Select From File
  6. Go to the Desktop and click on your image to insert it.
  7. Under (or near) the image, type the word Source and include the title of the Web site and its complete URL.

    Your image is there. You can write next to and below the image. To put text around the image -- click on the image, go to Format -> Picture. Click on Wrapping tab, and select the wrapping format you want (tight usually works well). NOTE: Depending on the version of Word you are using, you may have to first click on the Position tab and select Float over text. NOTE: If you are doing this in the library's electronic classroom, you are using Word 97. Everything described here may not work perfectly. This exercise introduces you to what the possibilities are. Explore the wrapping function more when you get to a computer that has a later version of Word.

Writing Citations -- Style Manuals

  • Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage
  • Click on Internet Links
  • Click on Style Guides

    You may find it fun to use a program on the Web that formats MLA style citations for you. It's on a Web site called NoodleTools. (Scroll down and click on Quick Cite)

 

Topsy N. Smalley 9/02