User Guide: Academic Search Premier

1^st - - - Open the Search Screen

On-Campus: from the Decker Library Website (www.mica.edu/library) click on Find Journal Articles, then Academic Search Premier.

NEW REMOTE ACCESS SYSTEM, effective May 2006: To access databases from off-campus, go to the Remote Access page. From that page, click on any database link, then enter your MICA user name and password (same as My MICA Portal log-in). The log-in will take you directly to the selected database for searching. For instructions on using the remote access system, see Remote Access Directions.

2^nd- - - Type Search Term(s)
Type search words into the Find: field. Use up to three words or phrases connected by one of the following.

AND - each record retrieved must include both words(this makes the search more specific)

OR - retrieves records containing any of the terms(this makes the search more general)

NOT - retrieves records that contain the first term while excluding those which also contain the second term

Refine your search by using the limiters or expanders at the bottom of the Advanced Search Screen. For example, you can indicate that results be full text only and/or published during a particular date range.
Click the Search button or press enter on the keyboard and a set of search results will be displayed.

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3^rd- - - View search results

The results list displays brief citations for the articles found. The article title links to the full record for that item. For articles available in full text, a link to either the HTML and/or the PDF will appear just below the citation in the results list.

To mark items in the results list for viewing later, click the folder icon to the right of each item you want to keep. After browsing the list,click on the "Folder has items" link just above the results list to the right to view everything chosen.

The information needed to find an article in the library includes: article title, and author, journal title, volume, issue number, date, and page numbers.
For example, "Genius Beyond Gender" by James Hodkinson. In Modern Language Review, Vol.96 Issue 1 (Jan2001), p.103.
Please note that Decker Library does not own all of the journals that this database indexes so it may be necessary to order articles using the Inter-library Loan System. See a Reference Librarian for assistance and have the full citations to the books or articles you need ready.

4^th - - - Print, save, or email records

When viewing the full record of an item or when viewing items in a folder, you can choose to print, save, or e-mail the records. The links to these options are at the top of the page just under the green button bar.
To print, click on Print and either accept the format options already selected or choose your own. There is also an option to estimate the number of pages before printing. Click the Print button to the left and then Print again in the printer dialogue box.

To save records to the computer you are working on click Save or when saving folder contents Save to Disk. Again you will be given options you can simply accept or change to suit your needs. Click the Save button to the left and then save by choosing File then Save As from your browsers toolbar. Keep in mind that if you are on a campus computer, the files will be deleted when the computer is shut down at the end of the day.

To e-mail records, click E-mail, type the e-mail address, a subject line, and any comments you want to include and then click the Send button. This will immediately send the record(s).

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5^th - - - Citing Journal Articles in Footnotes/Bibliographies

MLA (Modern Language Association):
Basic Bibliography Entry:
Hirsch, Faye. “Her All-Seeing Eye.” Art in America 93.5 (2005): 66- . Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Decker Library. 14 June. <http://search.epnet.com>
In-text format:
Instead of footnotes or endnotes, the author’s last name and page number(s) are placed in parentheses within the body of the text.
For example: (Hirsch 66).

Chicago Style
Basic Bibliography Entry:
Hirsch, Faye. “Her All-Seeing Eye,” Art in America93 no.5(2005):66, http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=12233190&db=aph (accessed June 14, 2005).
In-text format:
"The scenes include no less a personage than Sister Gertrude herself."¹
Footnote format:
1. Faye Hirsch, “Her All-Seeing Eye," Art in America,93. no. 5(2005),69,http://search.epnet.com. 16-18, http://search.epnet.com.

APA (American Psychological Association)
Basic Bibliography Entry:
Hirsch,F. (2005). Her all-seeing eye. Art in America, 93,66. Retrieved June 14, 2005, from the EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier database.
In-text format:
Instead of footnotes or endnotes, the author's last name and page number(s) are placed in parentheses within the body of the text.
For example: (Hirsch,2005).

For additional examples see the Citation Guides and Style Manuals page from the Libraries of Western Washington University.

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