Electronic Articles
Electronic article databases are divided into six categories:
Comprehensive Sources
Business/Finance
Education
Social Sciences/Psychology
Religion
Government Documents
You may find it helpful to begin your search in Expanded Academic ASAP and/or Academic Search Elite. Both are excellent general information databases found in the Comprehensive Sources category.
AN EXAMPLE OF AN ARTICLE SEARCH To search for articles about distance education:
- Choose the database: Expanded Academic ASAP.
- Type these words in the Keyword Search box: distance education
- Click on Search.
You will find several “hits”. The results will fall into two categories:
- full text (the entire article is available on-screen) or
- abstract (a short description of the article).
In the Expanded Academic ASAP database, “View text and retrieval choices” indicates a full text article; “View abstract and retrieval choices” indicates an abstract.
Now, do the same search in another database: Academic Search Elite. You will find an icon for “full text” and an icon for “full page image”. Both indicate you have found a full text article. If no icon is visible, you have found an abstract.
Full text article
You’ve entered a database, done a search and you found some material you like. What do you next?
If you find a full text article, you can:
- Read it from the screen
- Print it
- Download it to your hard drive
- Email it to YOUR email account
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