Extraordinary Bodies: Freaks, Normals, and Everyone In Between
How to Search in General One File
To start searching General OneFile, select Advanced Search:
Then, type in your keywords. General OneFile automatically puts quotation marks around your word, or words. This is called a bound phrase:
You should also use the drop down option, and change Basic Search to Keyword. Keyword searches the most important fields including title, citation, first paragraph, and subjects:
General OneFile Filters
I have highlighted below some of the more important General OneFile filters to pay attention to:
- Content Types
- Notice that your results are organized by content, or resource, type
- Magazines is always first, but select Academic Journals for scholarly articles
- Search within results
- This allows you to search within your results so that you can continue to focus your resources
- Publication Dates
- Make sure that you are selecting how recently the resource has been published
- Custom date range will allow you to enter specific years
Topic Finder
You can also use the Topic Finder, and explore your topic through this colorful chart:
