Academic Search Premier

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Academic Search Premier

• How to search an international database with
  bibliographic references, including some full
  text articles

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Designed and compiled by Elsabé Olivier September
2006
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Type the address of the Groenkloof library in the
Address Bar of your browser http//www.ais.up.ac.z
a/edu/ and press Enter
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Click on General Education under the heading
E-Resources
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Click on Academic Search Premier
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Type in your password which is your surname and
student/personnel number and click on Submit
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Please note!

• Please confirm annually at the librarys main
  counter that your personal details are updated on
  the library management system
• If you experience any problems to log in, recheck
  your personal details at the main counter

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Enter the words you want to find in the query box
and click on Search
Use and to combine terms and narrow the
search Use or to broaden the search Use not to
exclude a search term and narrow the search
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More search tools

• ? will find alternative spellings. Wom?n finds
  woman as well as women
• will expand a search term. Adolescen finds
  adolescence, adolescent and adolescents
• Near Operator (N) - N5 finds the words if they
  are within five words of one another regardless
  of the order in which they appear
• Within Operator (W) - W8 finds the words if they
  are within eight words of one another and in the
  order in which you entered them

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Your search can also be restricted by using the
drop-list to choose title, author, subject terms
etc. For an unrestricted search choose Default
fields
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Results can also be limited to Full text
documents, Scholarly journals, Publication date
etc.
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If you do not limit your results, the result list
can be filtered to search a specific document type
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You can also narrow your results by clicking on
the Subject options indicated on the left of the
screen
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Click on a title to view the complete
bibliographic details and abstract of an article
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Click on HTM Full Text or PDF Full Text to view
the full text of an article
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You can Print, E-mail or Save a single result. To
print, e-mail or save multiple items, click on
the Add to folder button
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The Added button will indicate that an article
has been added. To return to the search results,
click on Result List
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Articles can also be selected on the main screen
by clicking on the Add button or Add 1-10
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Click on the link Check Univ of Pretoria
catalog  to see whether UP subscribes to this
journal (paper copy or electronically)
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Example 1 The journal New directions for higher
education is also available as a paper journal on
level 1
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Example 2 The journal Educational administration
quarterley is also available electronically on
tyds_at_tuks
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To view further records on the next page, click
on the next page number Pages 1 2 3 4 5 Next
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Once you have worked through the complete list,
and added your choice of references to the
folder, click on the Folder has items link. A
list of your selected references will be displayed
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The references and articles can be printed,
e-mailed or saved by clicking on one of the
available options
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To print your references, make sure the Full text
and the Field format options are included and
click on Print
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The article to be printed will be displayed.
Click on the Printer button to print the results
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Click on the Back button to return to the search
results
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To e-mail your references and the full text of
the articles, type in your e-mail address,
subject and specify the Full text and the Field
format options and click on Send
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The Full text of articles can be saved to a hard
drive, CD, or a memory stick. To save, remember
to include the links and click on Save
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To save select File then Save as from your
browser's toolbar above. Save as a plain text
file (.txt) or a 'Web Page HTML only' file (.html)
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Click on New Search at the top of the screen to
start a new search
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Good luck!

• Also contact your information specialist for
  assistance
• Information specialists
• Mrs. Elsabé Olivier Dept. Educational Management
  Policy Studies
• Ms. Clarisse Venter Dept. Educational Psychology
  Dept. Curriculum Studies
• Mrs. Sonja Delport All undergraduate, honours
  and coursework Masters students