Academic+Search+Complete+Tipsheet

=Connect to Academic Search Complete = =This database is ideal for...= =__Database Description__:= Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. The database, produced by EBSCO, features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in searchable PDF format. NOTE: Some articles indexed in this database are __not__ available as full text. =__Search Tips__:=
 * ...when you want both popular and scholarly sources
 * ...when you want to find articles from magazines, newspapers, or journals
 * ...when you want to cover a lot of territory in one place
 * ...when you want to find resources on current events or social issue topics
 * ...when you need something right away
 * ...when you want sources on: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields.

Wildcard / Truncation:
Academic Search Complete uses an asterisk (*) to replace an unlimited number of letters follow a word root and a question mark (?) to replace a single character inside a word.

Boolean Operators:
Academic Search Complete uses: AND, OR, NOT
 * AND: Finds records that contain both words, although not necessarily in the same sentence or in the given order. AND ties the two concepts together and provides a more narrow search than just a single word alone.
 * OR: Finds records that contain either word or both words. Use OR for synonymous or related terms; this broadens the search.
 * NOT: Finds records that contain the first word and that do not contain the second word.

Nesting / Grouping Search Terms:
The default order of operations is performed from the left to the right. Control you search terms and operators by developing an advanced search strategy with multiple operators, grouping or "nesting" terms joined with OR inside parentheses:
 * (teenagers OR adolescents) AND (bullying OR hazing)

Exact Phrase:
Enclose search terms inside quotation marks ("global warming") to ensure that your search terms will appear in the exact order in the search results.

Proximity Operators:
You can use proximity operators to search for two or more words that occur within a specified number of words (or fewer) of each other. The proximity operators are composed of a letter (N or W) and a number (to specify the number of words). The proximity operator is placed between the words that are to be searched, as follows:
 * Near Operator (N): N5 finds the words if they are within five words of one another regardless of the order in which they appear.
 * texting N2 driving
 * Within Operator (W): W3 finds the words if they are within three words of one another and in the order in which you entered them.
 * oil W3 (disaster OR clean-up OR contamination)

Field Searching:
The default fields for unqualified searches consist of the following: all authors, all subjects, all keywords, all title info (including source title) and all abstracts. Field specific searches may be performed on the following fields: All text, Author, Title, Subject terms, Abstract, Journal name, Company entity, Geographic terms, or People mentioned in the article.

Limiting:
Limit results by date, publication type, number of pages, peer-reviewed, and more!

Locating Full Text:
Many articles are readily available as either HTML (word-processed full text within the database) or PDF files (links to scanned images of the article). Articles without full text may link to full text with the “Find It” link.

OhioLINK’s OLinks Linking Service:
Click FIND IT to discover how to get a copy of the article:
 * If the full text of a journal article is available online, FIND IT can connect you directly to it.
 * If online full text is not available, check whether your library owns the journal in print or any other format.
 * If this item is a book and is found at an OhioLINK library, you can determine whether your library owns it, or request it from another library.

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 * Advanced Search Guided Style
 * Creating a Basic Search

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