Transcript Academic Search Premier - University of Pretoria

Academic Search Premier
How to search an international database with
bibliographic references, including some full text
articles for the Social Sciences
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Designed and compiled by Elsabé Olivier
August 2005
Type the following address in the Address Bar of your
browser http://www.ais.up.ac.za/edu/ and press Enter.
This address will take you to the Home Page of the
Academic Information Service (UP library) Groenkloof
Click on Databases
Click on General Education Databases
Click on Academic Search Premier
Type in your surname and student or personnel
number and click on Submit
Please note!
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To access our catalogue or databases, all
users have to register annually at the AIS
(Library).
Passwords will no longer be used.
Please register personally at the counter, or
electronically at
http://www.ais.up.ac.za/edu/tips.htm
Confirm your registration by signing the
registration form at the counter accompanied
by your valid student card or proof of
registration.
Click on EBSCOhost Web
To search within a single database, click the database
name listed below and click on Continue
To select more than one database, check the boxes next
to the databases and click Continue
Enter the words you want to find in the query box
And – narrows the search terms and retrieves
records containing all of the words. Education and
South Africa will find results that contain both terms
Or – broadens the search and retrieves records
containing any of the words. Education or South
Africa will find results that contain either term
Not – narrows the search and retrieves records that do
not contain the term following it. Education not South
Africa will find results that contain the term education but
not the term South Africa
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.
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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.
An example of a search with the keywords:
education and South Africa
Restrict your search using the drop-list to choose title,
author, subject terms etc. For an unrestricted search
choose Default fields
Results can be limited to references containing only Full
text documents, a specific Journal title, Date range,
Publication type, etc.
Click on Search
A list of search results will be displayed
Click on a title in blue to view the complete bibliographic
details and abstract of an article
An example of the complete bibliographic details and
abstract of an article
Click on HTM Full Text or PDF Full Text to view the full
article
The article/s can be selected by clicking on the Add to
folder button. The added items can then be printed,
e-mailed or saved
The Folder button will indicate that an article has been
added. To return to the search results, click on
Result List
Articles can also be selected on the main screen by
clicking on the Add button or Add 1-10
Click on the link Tyds@Tuks: other possible links for
fulltext to see which other platforms on tyds@tuks
might have the full text of this article
Example: The journal Higher Education is also available
on the platform SwetsWise FullText Titles
To view further records on the next page, click on the
next page number Pages 1 2 3 4 5 >
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
The references and articles can be printed, e-mailed
or saved by clicking on one of the available options
To print your references, make sure the Full text and the
Field format options are included and click on Print
The article to be printed will be displayed. Complete the
Printer window
Click on the Back button to return to the search results
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
The Full text of articles can be saved to a hard drive,
CD, or a memory stick. To save only your references,
mark the Standard field format option and click on Save
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)
Click on New Search at the top of the screen to start a
new search
Good luck!
Also contact your information specialist
for assistance
 Information specialists:
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– 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