Week 5 Proquest

1.  I searched "full text" for multiple sclerosis, and there were 46,316 results.  I then did a "peer reviewed" search and it narrowed down to 13,413 results.  I was able to sort results by relevance, publication date (oldest first or most recent first).  I could look at a brief view or detailed view of the article.  I could save to my research, email, print, cite or export/save.  I was able to determine what source type I wanted to view (scholarly or trade journals, newspapers, magazines, reports).  An important search feature was to sort by date of publication (even a specific date range). 

Findings:  In the magazine Skeptic, a study said that optimism added months, even years to patients suffering from MS.  It would even increase your resistance to common colds and flu viruses.

There was also an interesting article on "Nature vs. Supplements:  The Controversy Surrounding Vitamin D" from the International Journal of Childbirth Education.

1a.  I read the blog by "Shawn On the Road," and the blogger said they had done a lot of library research on Proquest and EbscoHost.  They had found a lot of overlap, but often when they couldn't get the full text of an article in EbscoHost, they could find it in Proquest.

2.  I clicked the Publications tab at the top of the page.I searched for "library" (in title) and 29 publications were listed.  It appears that there is a wide variety of interesting publications available.  Now, if I only had time to look at a few of them!  I then searched for "library" (in publication summary - 142 available) and (in subject - 96 available).  Helpful that dates of publication are listed.