Why would I use Expanded Academic ASAP?
I would use Expanded Academic ASAP if I needed to find actual articles (we call that full text) from either scholarly (peer-reviewed or refereed journals) or non-scholarly (newspapers, magazines) sources. Articles in Expanded Academic ASAP were published from 1980 to the present and cover a wide range of subjects, from art to mathematics to zoology. Some of the articles in Expanded Academic ASAP are not full text. The articles that are not full text only have information such as article title and author (e.g., John Doe), source name (e.g., Time Magazine), volume, issue, date, and abstract (i.e., a summary of the article).
You (click here for a definition of "you") can access Expanded Academic ASAP anywhere you have a computer and an Internet connection. For more information about finding articles, please visit http://www.lib.ua.edu/findarticles.htm.
How do I start?
1. Go to the Libraries' web site at http://www.lib.ua.edu and click on "Databases" under the "Search Menu." The Libraries' web site is your starting place for research. On the Databases page, you can find databases by subject or through an alphabetical list. If you know the database you want, like we know we want Expanded Academic ASAP, we can go to the 'E' section of the alphabetical list and then scroll through the 'E' section until we get to Expanded Academic ASAP. |
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How do I search?
Once you click on Expanded Academic ASAP, you'll see a screen and a search box:
To search effectively:
- Connect keywords with AND, OR, NOT. For more information about AND, OR, NOT, see our short tutorial on Boolean Operators (You will need the Macromedia Flash Player to see this tutorial.)
- Children AND music finds articles that contain both the words children and music.
- Automobile OR car finds articles that contain either of the words automobile or car.
- Sports NOT football finds articles that contain the word sports but not the word football
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Put phrases in quotation marks to force the database
to find words in an exact order.
- "Baseball Hall of Fame" finds articles that contain this exact phrase.
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Use truncation to find many forms of a word with
one root. For more information about truncation, see our short tutorial
on Truncation (You will need the Macromedia
Flash Player to see
this tutorial.)The truncation symbol in Expanded Academic ASAP and other
InfoTrac databases is an asterisk.
- swim* will find swim, swimmer, swimmers, swimming.
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Limit your search based on specific criteria, such
as scholarly or peer reviewed journals.
- Underneath the search box, you can set a variety of limits:
How can I get the actual article?
If your article is available full text from Expanded Academic ASAP, you will have one of three possible buttons: Text, Text with graphics, PDF.
Full Text Options: One-stop shopping |
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Text: HTML version of the full text that contains no images; click on "Text" link in the citation to the right to see example |
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Text with graphics: HTML version of the full text that contains images; click on "Text with graphics" link to see an example |
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PDF: an electronic duplication of the print, contains images; click on "47 full pages PDF" link to see an example |
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If you do not see a full text button (Text, Text with graphics or PDF), then you will see a link for either citation or abstract. See the diagrams in Steps One and Two below for an explanation.
Citation or Abstract Only: Two-stop shopping
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Citation or Abstract Only: Two-stop shopping |
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How do I print or email the article?
You can print or email an article and/or an abstract or citation. Here are a couple of useful tips.
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