Academic Search Premier How to search an international database with bibliographic references, including some full text articles Click to move to next slide Designed and compiled by Elsabé Olivier September 2006

Type the address of the Groenkloof library in the Address Bar of your browser http://www.ais.up.ac.za/edu/ and press Enter

Click on General Education under the heading E-Resources

Click on Academic Search Premier

Type in your password which is your surname and student/personnel number and click on Submit

Please note! Please confirm annually at the library’s 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

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

? will find alternative spellings. Wom?n finds woman as well as women 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

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

Results can also be limited to Full text documents, Scholarly journals, Publication date etc.

If you do not limit your results, the result list can be filtered to search a specific document type

You can also narrow your results by clicking on the Subject options indicated on the left of the screen

Click on a title to view the complete bibliographic details and abstract of an article

Click on HTM Full Text or PDF Full Text to view the full text of an article

You can Print, E-mail or Save a single result 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

The Added button will indicate that an article has been added The Added 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 Check Univ of Pretoria catalog  to see whether UP subscribes to this journal (paper copy or electronically)

Example 1: The journal New directions for higher education is also available as a paper journal on level 1

Example 2: The journal Educational administration quarterley is also available electronically on tyds@tuks

To view further records on the next page, click on the next page number Pages 1 2 3 4 5 Next

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 The article to be printed will be displayed. Click on the Printer button to print the results

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, remember to include the links and click on Save

To save select File then Save as from your browser's toolbar above 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: 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