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ProQuest is a service the University Library has licensed from ProQuest Information & Learning (formerly UMI / Bell + Howell). ProQuest includes four different databases, which can be searched separately or in combination:
ProQuest Research LibraryHow do I access the ProQuest Service?
Provides indexing for over 2,500 journals, many with full text, in all topics and fields, academic and popular.ProQuest Newsstand
Provides indexing for over 350 newspapers and newswires from the U.S. and abroad, with full text for over 200 of them.ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Provides full text access to the backfiles of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.ABI/INFORM Global
The premier business index, with indexing for over 1,600 business-related journals and full text for over 800 of these titles. Indexing as far back as 1971, full text back to the 1980s.
You can access the ProQuest databases at http://www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proquest/. Access is limited to current University of Michigan students, faculty and staff. If you are connecting to ProQuest from off campus, you may have to use Library Authentication to access ProQuest.
Can you view and/or print articles from ProQuest?
With ProQuest, you can view the text online and print it from any printer. There are three different types of full-text available in ProQuest.
How do I cite articles I find using the ProQuest Service?Full-Text: ASCII text only, no images or graphics
Text + Graphics: ASCII text with enlargeable scanned images
Page Image - PDF: Scanned images of whole pages (requires Adobe Acrobat browser plug-in for viewing and printing).
ProQuest can print bibliographies of the articles you want in several different standard notation formats, including APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian. Check the "Mark Article" box next to each article you want to cite, then click on the "Marked List" tab at the top of the screen and click on "Print your bibliography". ProQuest will automatically format the citation for each article you've marked according to the rules for the standard notation format you've selected.
Are all the titles available in ProQuest listed in Mirlyn and the University Library's Electronic Journals & Newspapers List?
Yes. Our goal is to list every journal available in full text through ProQuest in both the MIRLYN catalog and the Electronic Journals & Newspapers List. However, which journals, magazines, and newspapers are included in ProQuest changes regularly. We do our best to keep up with the changes, but you may notice cases where MIRLYN and the Electronic Journals & Newspapers List say that the full text of a journal is available in ProQuest when in fact it isn't, and vice versa. Please let us know about these exceptions by using the Ask Us virtual reference service or by sending email to lib.coreteam@umich.edu.
I need an article that says it is only available via fax, what do I do?
About 60 titles are not available as full-text online, but are available as full-text via fax. Just enter a valid fax number and you will receive a faxed copy of the article at no cost.
Is there a limit to the number of articles that ProQuest can retrieve in one search?
Yes. Search results in ProQuest are limited to 10,000 articles. If your search matches more than 10,000 articles, only the first 10,000 will be retrieved and shown. In this case, you should redo your search using one or two additional terms in order to retrieve a smaller set of articles more focused on your topic.
What are cookies and why does ProQuest use them?
According to ProQuest Information and Learning:
The ProQuest on-line information system uses cookie technology to initiate and maintain effective session connections with our customers. The cookie stores encrypted information verifying the user's access to the system. ProQuest Information and Learning uses this information solely for the purpose stated above and does not maintain this information beyond the period of the session. In no case is the session information maintained in the cookie made available to other organizations.If you do not want to accept cookies, you can use the text-only interface of ProQuest, which can be accessed by clicking on the "Text-only interface" link that appears at the bottom of the regular graphical-interface ProQuest screen.If user-specific information is volunteered by a user requesting product information or assistance, the user-specific information is used solely to provide the user with the requested response. The user's e-mail or U.S. Mail address collected from these inquiries will be maintained on our mailing lists only if the user requests to be added to our mailing list(s). Our mailing lists are for internal purposes only and are not sold or otherwise made available to other organizations.
I'm visually impaired, and the regular web version of ProQuest doesn't work properly with the assistive device I use on my computer that reads aloud to me. Is there another way I can access ProQuest that will work with my assistive device?
Yes, the text-only interface of ProQuest should work with your assistive device. You can access the text-only interface by clicking on the "Text-only interface" link that appears at the bottom of the regular graphical-interface ProQuest screen. Once you have switched over to the text-only interface, you can click on the "Accessibility help" link at the bottom of the screen for tips on how to make screen readers and other assistive devices work with ProQuest.
If I use the text-only version, can I still print out the articles?
Yes. Since some articles are in page-image format (PDF) only, they may not be readable by an assistive device; but all articles can be printed out from the text-only interface in all the same ways that they can be printed from the regular graphical interface.
Where can I get help learning how to use ProQuest?
In the upper right-hand corner of every ProQuest screen, there is a red "Help" link. Clicking on it opens a context-sensitive ProQuest help window with detailed instructions related to the current screen. At the top of the ProQuest help window is a quick-search box you can use to search all ProQuest help documentation, as well as buttons linking to the Contents, Index, and Glossary of the ProQuest help documentation. In addition, there is a 7-page "Getting Started" Quick Reference Guide (in PDF format), which can be viewed on-screen or printed out. This and other Quick Reference Guides are available on the web from the ProQuest Training Resource Center (under "Resources for Training"). Also, ProQuest provides a toll-free number for search assistance or technical support, 1-800-889-3358. And, of course, you can always ask at the reference desk at any of the campus libraries, or contact a librarian via email or online chat through the University Library's virtual reference service, Ask Us.
