by Donna Ziegenfuss
Last Updated May 21, 2024
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Quick notes since this is not covered in our search strategies documentation:
The ? wildcard can be used to replace one character in a word and can be good for words with one letter spelling variations:
Euros?eptic or colo?r
Sometimes, the advanced search features of the library catalog and databases let you combine different types of search operators all at once and sometimes they don't so play around with it, the search documentation will also have these answers
Keeping Up with the News
New York Times access for University of Utah CampusThis link opens in a new windowLog in instructions : 1. Go to accessnyt.com and look up "University of Utah“ Salt Lake City, UT" 2. Click the blue Go button at the bottom of the page 3. Log into the campus network 4. On the NYT registration page, click Create Account button 5. Input information 6. Click Create Account button This is for initial registration only. Once registered, you can go directly to nytimes.com to log in and view content. Access to current New York Times for Students, Staff, and Faculty of the University of Utah. For many years the Collegiate Readership Fee has funded access to Newspapers for University of Utah students. Last year ASUU Student Leaders facilitated a survey to a sample of students asking if they would be interested in an online news option instead. Many students indicated interest in an online option, rather than the current/previous readership program which solely featured paper copies around campus.
Wall Street JournalThis link opens in a new windowNOTE:User Notice: By creating a WSJ user account, you acknowledge that you are financially responsible for any claim against the WSJ arising from any User Content you create. All current students, faculty and staff have online access to the Wall Street Journal, courtesy of the University of Utah. You must first set up a Wall Street Journal online account.
Step 1: Go to WSJ.com/UofUtah
Step 2: Sign in to the University of Utah’s Single Sign-On web page with your University uNID and password
Step 3: The first time you sign on you will be taken to a separate Wall Street Journal (WSJ) sign-in web page.
a. Account Type—select your status: Student, Staff, or Professor
a. Students will need to enter their anticipated graduation month and year. Please note: you can change your graduation date at a later date by reaching out to WSJ’s customer service (academicsupport@dowjones.com or 1-800-JOURNAL)
b. Email Address—WSJ will allow you to use a different email address if you wish.
c. Password—You have to enter a password for the Wall Street Journal account you are setting up. (Do NOT enter your University of Utah password at this step since this is not a University of Utah account.)
Step 4: After the first time signing on, you will be able to sign in directly through wsj.com. After it is set up you will also be able to access this new account from the WSJ app on your phone/tablet.
Using this link from off-campus will route your session through our proxy server, and thus ensure that links within Google Scholar work with our resources when available. In order to retrieve full text articles you will need to set your preferences. To do this, go to the upper right hand side of the Google Scholar Page (next to sign in) and click on 'Settings'. Click on the 'Library Links' option in the left-hand sidebar, and then type 'University of Utah' in the text field. Hit enter and sel…
Using this link from off-campus will route your session through our proxy server, and thus ensure that links within Google Scholar work with our resources when available. In order to retrieve full text articles you will need to set your preferences. To do this, go to the upper right hand side of the Google Scholar Page (next to sign in) and click on 'Settings'. Click on the 'Library Links' option in the left-hand sidebar, and then type 'University of Utah' in the text field. Hit enter and select the options for the University of Utah which appear below the text field. Hit 'Save' at the bottom right of the page, and you will then be ready to start using Google Scholar.
