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In this tutorial I'll introduce you to a team task. You're going to search a database
and learn what a database is. We're going to talk about Academic Search Premiere.
After brainstorming your keywords a good next step is to find articles on your topic.
The library has lots of resources that make finding articles really easy and these are called databases.
Academic Search Premiere is sometimes a good database to start with mainly because it contains articles about
lots of different topics. Please open a browser and navigate to the library guide for University
Foundations one hundred. Using your concept map select few keywords to search an Academic
Search Premiere. Click on the link to Academic Search Premiere and when the database opens
up you may have to add your BroncoWeb user name and ID then type your search
terms into the blank search box. Here are some critical thinking questions you want to review while
you're looking at results. Take a look at the results and then look at the left side. What
types of sources are included in the search? Can you narrow your results to just being scholarly
peer-reviewed journals? How about the newest or most recent articles? Scroll down and find
a title that's interesting to you. Each result has the title in blue text. What else is
included for each entry? Where do you look to find more search terms on your topic? And finally
how can you obtain the full text of an article and what should you click if there's no PDF or
HTML full text link available? For an article where PDF full text is available within Academic
Search Premiere, name the tool that will help you cite the article. We'll review these in the
next debrief but go head and explore this on your own. If you have any questions, contact
us at library.boisestate.edu.