1.)
Under "Research Tools" on the Regent Library homepage click on
"Databases." At the top of the "Databases
& Article Searching" page click on "C." Click/select
Christian Periodical Index from the
Databases &
Article Searching page.
A "Welcome to Regent University Library"
screen displays asking for your Regent e-mail user name and password.
2.)
Type in your Regent University e-mail user
name and password.
An "ERLWebSPIRS" search screen displays.
3.)
At the upper left below
click
on "Advanced" to open the advanced search screen. [The Advanced
screen may already be displayed by default].
Your
browser screen should look like this:
3.)
At the top right of the screen in the red margin area click on the
"Help" hyperlink.
A WebSPIRS Help menu displays.
4.) At
the bottom of the Help menu click on "Searching Tips."
A "Searching Tips"
screen displays on the right side of the screen.
5.) Scroll down to the middle of the page and click
on the "Search examples"hyperlink.
A "Search Examples"
screen displays.
6.)
In the middle of the Search
Examples page note that a
phrase such as new york city can be entered in a straight-forward
manner, without quotation marks or proximity connectors.
7.)
At the top right of the Help
screen click on
.
The WebSPIRS Help screen closes
and the Advanced search screen is in full view.
8.)
In the top white text box next
to "Terms:" type church growth.
9.)
In the second white text box type Africa. Directly to the right
change "Terms Anywhere" to "TITLE (TI)" by clicking on the blue box down
arrow.
10.) At the upper right in the blue/purple area of the
screen click on the
button.
A "Change Limits" screen displays.
11.) At the left locate the gray "Frequently Used
Limits" box and at the bottom of the menu click on "Publication Year."
A "Publication Year" limit option displays at
the bottom center of the screen.
12.) Click on the "From" blue down arrow box and
select 1990; then click on the "to" blue down arrow box and
select 2004.
13.) At the top in the yellow margin area click on
the button.
The WebSPIRS Change Limits
screen closes and the advanced search screen is in full view.
Your browser
screen should look like this:
ACTION:
RESULTS:
14.)
Just below the third white text box click on the yellow
button.
Citation records display
at the bottom of the screen as a result of our search.
The left side of your browser screen should look similar to this:
15.) To the left and middle of the screen locate the two small
red arrow buttons
and click on the up arrow button.
The top search screen menu
disappears and the citation records display as a full screen.
Your
browser screen should now look similar to this:
16.) Search the title (TI:) fields and locate
the article "Secularisation in Africa: a
Challenge for the Churches" by Benno Van den Toren.
17.) In the "SO:" field in the same citation
record note the journal name in which this article is found : Africa
Journal of Evangelical Theology. Note the volume, pages, and
date
where this article can be found.
Regent distance students can request a photocopy of this article
through the Regent University Interlibrary Loan Dept.
18.) Ifthis was a real search you could click on the
Print or
E-mail
icon at the top right of the screen to own your search results.
19.) In the upper right corner of the screen click on
"Logout" to exit the program.
A blue/purple Login screen displays.
Ignore this screen and use
your browser Home button to return to a familiar page.
click
on "Advanced" to open the advanced search screen. [The Advanced
screen may already be displayed by default].
.
button. 
button. 
button.
and click on the up arrow button.
Print or
E-mail
icon at the top right of the screen to own your search results.