Accessing FirstSearch Web
from Off Campus/Home Access

1. Access FirstSearch directly at http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/ OR Access FirstSearch from the Libraries' Home Page at www.wku.edu/Library. Click on the {Database} link in the lower left side. If you are on campus, select the {Campus Login} button; if you are off campus, select the {Off-Campus Login} button. Log in with your WKU Email Athorization and Password.

2. Select FirstSearch from the list of databases; when you see the description, click on FirstSearch again. Type your FirstSearch Authorization number, press tab; type your FirstSearch Password; then click on Start.

4. Type in word(s) or a phrase in the "Search for" box and click on Search.

5a. The titles of the first ten of your results will be displayed. To look at each record click on the title to retrieve the full citation/record. You can print these results one at a time by clicking on the print button at the top of the screen.

5b. To mark records for printing, click on the check box in front of each citation. Once you've marked as many as you would like, select marked records from the results menu at the left to display the citation list. Then click on detailed (next to the clear marks box near top of page) for displaying the marked records in the longest from available for each of them.

6. Then use the print icon (located in the gray bar at the top and bottom of each page) to print your list.

7. To do a new search, click on a word under Searching from the list in the blue bar at the left.

8. Click on Help at any time if further instructions are needed.

9. Please get out of FirstSearch by clicking on Exit from the blue bar on the left side of the page.

IMPORTANT: You must exit properly to ensure that other students will also be able to access the databases.

E. Knight 9/30/04