Using Academic Search Premier

LIBRARY LESSONS From the Research helpdesk August 2011Using Academic Search Premier is licensed by NJIT Library under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commerical-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

When you use a database (like Academic Search Premier) many different periodicals to find a match for your search terms.

A database will show you which periodicals have articles on your topic.

Otherwise, you would have to look through each issue of each periodical for articles on your topic.

Periodicals are magazines,

newspapers, and journal articles.

Databases give you the information needed to find the article

Two Types of Library Databases

Find a database by name using the A-Z list

Or find recommended databases by subject.

1. Click on General2. Find Academic Search Premier alphabetically3. Click on Academic Search Premier to enter.

In Academic Search Premier Scholarly Peer reviewed journal articlesMagazine articles Newspaper ArticlesBooks, dissertations and more.

Common Search Error! This Database searches for phrases.Entering your question in the search box would only return results if an author wrote “how advertising is linked to childhood obesity” in that exact order.

Search SmarterBreak your thoughts into different ideas.Place each idea in a separate box.Add a synonym with an OR. (Ie. advertising OR commercials)

Limit Your ResultsSet limits before doing a search to make your search results will be more accurate.

For example, checking this box

will ensure that every article returned will be a scholarly peer reviewed journal article. You can also limit by other things, like the date it was published or page length.

You can skip this step now. Limits can be applied on the search results page as well.

Sort by:By Default results in date order. You may wish to sort by relevance.

Narrow ResultsFind articles with these subject terms

The full text is available in the database, these buttons appear

When full text is NOT available in this database, these buttons appear will search the rest of NJIT’s article databases to link you to the full article if it is available through NJIT. will check NJIT’s Journal Subscription list and display the dates of coverage and database(s) that contain the full text.

Read the abstract (Summary of the article) and look for your search terms in bold – are they present in the proper context?

Click the cite this article button to see citations in a variety of styles (APA, MLA, Chicago. Check for mistakes!

Click on Subject terms to start a new search

Follow footnotes to see where the author works!