Using Academic Search Premier

What is Academic Search Premier?

Academic Search Premier provides access to full-text articles and citations for a wide range of subjects. It is one of the main databases to use to locate magazine articles.

On Campus Access

• Go to the library home page
  • Click on Databases & Article Search
  • Click on Academic Search Premier
  

Off Campus Access

• Go to the library home page
• Go to Off Campus Access on left side of screen
• Type in your myAims username and password
• Select Academic Search Premier

Finding Articles

• Type your search terms in the Find box.
• Click Search.
• Click on article title from the list. You may have the choice to view it as a web page (html) or in a PDF format. The PDF format is a scanned copy of the article as it originally appeared in print.
• You can then either copy text from the article into a MS Word document, print the article, or email the text to yourself.
• You may limit your search
  • To Full Text and/or to Scholarly Journals. A scholarly journal is more academic and technical. Popular magazines and newspapers are not scholarly journals.
  • Check the Full Text box and/or Scholarly Journals box under the Basic Search Find box.
• For more options in searching, click on the Advanced Search tab at the top of the page.

Citing Articles

• Once you have found an article there are several ways to find information for citing your article.
  • Click on the title and click on the Cite icon on the top right.
  • With HTML Full Text articles, click on the Cite icon on the top right.
  • Select Citation Format when printing or emailing articles.