Use OneSearch to search across the library's databases at once for newspaper, magazine, and scholarly journal articles, as well as books and DVDs.
You can use OneSearch - the large search box on the Library website - to find books, articles, streaming videos, and more at Helena College or other Montana academic libraries - a consortium known as TRAILS. This process is designed to help you familiarize yourself with OneSearch
Step 1: Start at the Beginning
The Basics
Refine your results
Use Tweak your results to make your search more specific. This is similar to how you'd narrow down your search on an online shopping website. Instead of going through thousand of shoe results, you'd search by size, or brand, or color. These are a few of the common ways you can make your search more helpful:
Tip: Click on Remember all filters after you make your choices to keep your filters while you search. Otherwise, you will have to choose filters again for every new search you do.
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Step 2: Sample Search
Sample Search: How would you find current peer-reviewed articles on how reciprocity helps build communities?
This is an example of how you could start that search:
Your search results will be peer-reviewed journal articles published in the last five years.
Tip: Peer-reviewed articles are very specialized. You will need to look through several to pull together the information you need for your project. Finding one perfect research article with all the information is like winning the lottery or being hit by lightening.
Step 3: Login Information
Username: Net ID # (your HCS number)
Password: whatever your password is for MyHC, Canvas, etc.
The United States copyright laws are designed to prevent people from copying and distributing other people's work without permission. This includes both paper copies (i.e., photocopies, typewritten copies, etc.) and electronic copies (scanned or uploaded).
In an academic setting there is a fair use exception to the permission requirement, but it is only available if you meet the guidelines. If you do not meet the guidelines, permission must be sought.