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November 21st, 2019
Humanities, Social Science and Education Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This month we’re featuring Academic Search Premier, brought to you by EBSCO Industries, Inc.
Link: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/db142
Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.
Focus: Academic Search Premier is a general academic index that indexes more than 8,200 magazines and journals from every academic discipline and provides the full-text of more than 4,600.
Tutorial: Click here see the basics of using Academic Search Premier.
Why you should know this database: Academic Search Premier is an extensive, multidisciplinary database that covers a wide variety of subject areas. Topics include Engineering, Religion, Technology, and Women’s Studies. This makes it a great platform for starting your research.
Quick Tip: On the Detailed Record page, you will see a link for find similar results. This will bring up a new list of articles that share similar subjects and keywords.
Related Resources:
Some other databases you might want to explore, are:
ProQuest Research Library: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/db156
JSTOR: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/db347
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This Featured Database comes to you from the Humanities, Social Science and Education Library. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact hsselib@purdue.edu. Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this, or future Featured Databases.
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