User's Guide & Site Help

9. Articles & Other Content

Article page

A. Tool Bar

Depending on how you reached the article, you will see some or all of the following tools:

Previous/Next Result: If you came to the article from a search results or browse list, you can use these links to navigate through the entries on your search results or browse list.
Back to Results: Click the Back to Results button to return to your search results or browse list.
Highlight On/Off: Use this button to show or hide search-term highlighting.
Look It Up: Select any text in the article and click this button to start a new search on the selected text.

The Tool Bar also appears at the bottom of the article page.

B. Article

Depending on the article you are viewing, you will see some or all of the following:

Title
Biographical details: This box displays key biographical information.
Text: Most articles contain text that is linked to other articles on the site.
Images, charts or maps: Images and maps appear with a link to view a larger version.
Tables
Sidebars: Some longer sidebars show only the beginning of the sidebar with a link to a second page with the full sidebar. The second page will have a link back to the main article page.
Bibliography: Bibliography entries are enabled for OpenURL and will search your library's online catalog if the functionality has been activated by your library administrator. For more information on configuring OpenURL, refer to the FAQ.

C. Print, Email & Cite

The Print button opens a new window with a printable version of the article.

The Email button opens a new window with a form to fill out to email a link to this page. Recipients of the email will have five (5) days' free access to the page, after which they will need a site subscription.

The Cite button opens a new window with citation formatting for the current entry rendered in both MLA and Chicago Manual styles. In addition, the citation can be downloaded and imported into these citation management software programs:

EndNote
ReferenceManager
ProCite
RefWorks

D. Article Information

Fundamental information about the article appears in the top left of the article page, including:

Title
Author or Authors: Click on the author name for a list of all of their articles included in the site.
Source: Rollover the question mark icon for a description of the source where the article was originally published

E. Table of Contents

If the article has a table of contents or sections, they appear to the left. Click to jump to a particular section.

F. Related Content

Site content that relates to this article is listed here.

If there are other articles in the site on the same topic, a link to the topic's At a Glance page will appear first in the list.

Other links will appear alphabetically following the At a Glance link. Primary sources, maps, images, and charts and tables will be identified as such in this list.

Click on "Show more" to expand the list.