Download SAGE Reference Online User's Guide

SAGE Reference Online
User’s Guide
URL:
Username:
Password:
http://www.sage-ereference.com
Portal search
SAGE Reference Home Page
Gives access to all purchased encyclopedias
Quick Search provides a simple any-word search
across all purchased Encyclopedias
Browse to find Encyclopedias by subject matter or
through A-Z listing
“Advanced Search”
Ability to search using Fielded Boolean Search tool
against any or all titles
The pull-down field labeled ‘Entries’ shows available
fields to limit a search
Click on “Browse” to display an
A-Z listing of titles
Scroll through the list of titles and click on a title
of interest to enter the book site
www.sage-ereference.com
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Book search
Features of a Book Home Page
Displays each Encyclopedia in an identifiable
design (consistently throughout the encyclopedia
to let the user know they’re still in the same title)
Enables a quick search inside the text by keyword
Front and Back Matter in PDFs is available on the
left side of the page (front and back matter is also
searchable through the advance search tab)
Three options for browsing the book:
1. Reader’s Guide
2. A-Z Entries
3. Index
Reader’s Guide
The Reader’s Guide is a feature of all print
SAGE Encyclopedias and splits the reference work
into all key and major topics.
Topical Groupings of Entries
Topics are further refined into subtopics in a
pop-up entry list on the right
Inside an Entry
An entry listing provides full text html view of the entry
with pleasant and readable formatting
Pictures and figures are fully supported
The Reader’s Guide provides cross-references
The Folded page corner feature gives the online
version the feel of browsing the book
The user’s original keyword search, in this case
“Butterfly Effect”, from the home page of the
encyclopedia will be highlight throughout the entry.
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Further Reading
All bibliographic entries are available
Open URL resolution “0.1” supported
Citations
Users can copy and paste these as needed
Helpful navigation in greybar
Users can produce a printer friendly version on an
entry (automatically defaults to the printer friendly
vesion to save paper)
Email an entry to yourself or a friend for 14 days of
access outside the authentication boundaries
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