Academic Search Premier is a comprehensive database that covers all academic disciplines and contains the full text of thousands of journal articles, magazines and newspapers. It is well-suited for beginning broad research on most topics. Users can perform keyword and subject searches, filter results by date or peer-reviewed sources, and access full text articles or request items not available in full text through the library's document delivery service. The database provides tools to efficiently locate relevant sources and obtain full versions of articles.

1. USING THE ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER DATABASE A Basic Search Guide Lamson Library Plymouth State University

6. Enter your search term here. Use the * as your wildcard, or truncation symbol, to get the most results

7. Now, try the search using the subject term

8. Use subject terms displayed here to narrow your search

9. The subject thesaurus also may suggest other terms to use in your search.

10. Now, try this search with the terms you found. For more results, use the keyword default (SELECT A FIELD)

11. Besides using search terms, you may limit your results by date and/or by peer reviewed journals. Click on the Refine Search tab

12. Article #10 and #11 are available in full text Click on the title of this article to view the expanded citation

13. Expanded citation clearly labels the key elements: article title, author(s), and on the SOURCE line, journal title, issue, date, volume, issue number, and pages Abstract provides details on contents of the article You can print, email or save an individual article to a folder for later use

14. The article may be printed or emailed after viewing the full text.

15. Not all articles show full-text links. Check journal title to see if an article is available online .

17. Click here to get the full-text article

18. Click on the link where the date of your article is located.

21. Complete ALL fields indicated in RED .