FINDING ARTICLES
ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER database
Academic
Search Premier is an interdisciplinary database that indexes popular and scholarly
periodicals from the sciences, humanities, current events, and fine arts. Many of the articles retrieved are full-text;
others have a citation and abstract with a note as to whether
1.
Go to North Park Library’s homepage at
http://www.northpark.edu/library
2.
At the library’s homepage, click on
“Databases/Articles.”
3.
Choose “Databases A-Z” or “Databases by Subject.”
4.
Click on “Academic Search Premier.” Click on it again in the next window.
5.
Enter keywords in the “Find:” box and click on
“Search.” The results will tell you if the North Park Library has the journal
that is being cited.
6.
When you see your results list, click on the title of
the article to read an abstract (summary) of the article, or click on “Full
Text” to read the article.
7.
If your search did not produce enough results, enter
new search terms and try again.
·
You can restrict your search to “peer reviewed”
periodicals, which are scholarly publications (as opposed to popular
magazines).
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You can limit your search to full-text articles or to
journals and magazines that our library has by clicking on “North Park
Holdings” and “Full-text.”
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You can limit your search by number of pages (e.g.,
3- would retrieve articles at least 3 pages long).
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For more advanced searching click on Advanced
Search on the menu at the top of the screen. In this search mode you can restrict your
search terms to author, title, and subject fields.
Expanding Your Search
·
If you are not finding enough articles, connect
similar terms with or:
Native Americans or Indians
·
Truncate words with *
Child* will find child and children and childhood
CITING JOURNAL
ARTICLES (using APA style)
A journal article citation includes the author of the
article, the year of publication, the title of the article, the title of the
journal, the volume number, the page numbers of the article, and the database
if it was full-text. For example:
Ellinghaus, K. (2002) Margins of Acceptability. Frontiers:
A Journal of Womens
Studies 23: 55-76. Retrieved