Searching EbscoHost Databases

Cynthia Bruns, Reference Librarian

Academic Search Premier    Database Guide

1. This is a database of articles from magazines, journals, and a few newspapers.   2. Can be searched by subject.   3. Contains a great deal of full text (online) articles   4. Coverage from 1985 to present   5. This database includes nearly every area of academic study: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more

1. This is the search screen for Academic Search Premier.
  Notice the three box format.
  Truncation symbol used is +.
  Notice how I can put OR between similar words and widen my search.
  To limit the search to journals, click the box near the bottom left of the screen
           

2. I found 170 articles on my topic.  Here are the first three.  To see more information about this article, click on the article titles.  Notice article #1 has the full text of the article in a PDF file                         

3. When I clicked on the pink title of the second article, this comes up. Notice the the title of the article, the authors, the name of the journal and which issue.  This information makes up the citation which is entered in the bibliography.
            

4. This above screen the abstract, a paragraph length description of what the article is about.  The bottom of the article record has the SFX button. 

5. The article below, "I'll never Drink Like that Again." is found in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol.  The library owns the journal in paper  format from the years 1977 to current date and it is found on the 2nd floor, North Library Building.  The call number is HV 5001 J65.
         

6. The article below, "College Women and Personal Goals" is found in an online format through a company called SpringerLink.  To locate the article, click on the red button labeled GO.

7.  The article below, "Sensation Seeking and Alcohol Use by College Students" is not available at the Pollak Library which means we do not own a copy of the article in either an online or print version.  You make request the article through Iliad/Interlibrary Loan. In order to request the article, Click on the Iliad/Interlibrary Loan link.

8. The Pollak Library subscribes to many databases published by EbscoHOST

    Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
    Biological Abstracts (EBSCO)
    CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
    Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
    ERIC (EBSCO)
    GeoRef (EBSCO)
    Health Source: Nursing Academic (EBSCO)
    MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
    Nursing & Allied Health (EBSCO)
    PsycINFO (EBSCO)