Library Search: Indonesia

Performing a search

  1. Enter your search terms into the search box. Then click on the SEARCH button.

    search box


  1. From the results list, find a resource of interest and click on the resource's title.

partial results list

This will take you to the record for the journal article. More information about the resource can be found under Details.

the description section of the item record

Note: Most records will include an abstract which will help you determine if the resource is relevant to your research.

To find out which databases contain the resource, go to the View Online section.

Some resources will not be available to students in Indonesia due to licensing restrictions, and will include the following note:
Due to licensing restrictions this item is not available at CQUniversity Indonesia

In our example, the article is not available at CQUniversity Indonesia via HeinOnline, but is available via Springer and ProQuest.

the view online section of the item record

The full text article can be accessed by clicking on either SpringerLink Journals or ProQuest Central Collection.

Search strategies

There are some techniques you can use to improve your online searches.

Technique Symbol What does this symbol do?

Phrase

 "       "

This strategy will search for all of the words in the exact order you've typed them.

For example, this search will return records containing the phrase, asian criminology:
example of a phrase search

Truncation

 *

This strategy will search for words with the same beginning but different endings.

For example, this search will return records containing a word beginning with letters before the asterisk, such as crime, crimes, criminal, criminals, or criminology:

example of a search using truncation

Wildcard

 ?

This strategy is useful when you are searching for words with different spellings or unusual plurals.

For example, this search will return records containing the phrase, criminal behavior, or the phrase, criminal behaviour:
example of a search using a question mark as a wildcard

Narrow your search

 AND

This strategy allows you to narrow the focus by adding more concepts to your search. 

For example, this search will return records containing both the word, criminology, and a word beginning with, australia.

example of a search using AND
Note: This strategy will reduce the number of search results.

Expand your search

 OR

This strategy allows you to broaden your focus by adding more concepts to your search. 

For example, this search will return records with one or both phrases, asian criminology or australian criminology:
example of a search using OR
Note: This strategy will increase the number of search results.

Brackets

 (       )

This strategy allows you to group similar terms together.

For example, this search will return records containing both the terms criminology and asia, as well as records containing both the terms criminology and australia.

example of a search using brackets