Directories-Internet Sources

            This past week I had the opportunity to use UBC’s journal databases as I had to find articles for a research paper that I needed to write.  The task was not a difficult one but it proved to be very time consuming.  First I had to log in to the library site using my campus wide log in.  That was the easy part.  Once I had logged in I started my search.  I clicked on e-resources and then on online indexes and databases.  I started my search under the letter e for EBSCO.  “E” listed a bunch of educational journals and searches so I added them as well.  This allowed me to search more than one index/database at a time.  One thing that I found frustrating more than difficult was choosing the wording to do my searches.  The articles that were listed for me to look at depended on the words that were typed into the search bar.  A few times I typed in a few words and I was given a long list of articles that had nothing to do with what I wanted.  So I quickly learned that I had to be more specific in my searches for articles.

            The other thing that I found quite frustrating was that you were provided with a whole list of articles but many were not accessible on line.  Some of the articles that were listed under the ERIC site were accessible.  Some had to be searched further on the UBC site and then I found that I actually had to go into the library to find the resources in print.  The third option that I was given was that I had to purchase the articles on line before gaining access to them.  This was also the same for EBSCO.