Upward Bound- History: Academic Search Complete

• Academic Search Complete is a database
• In this case, a database contains articles from journals and other publications

• Academic Search Complete is multidisciplinary
• It contains articles on all sorts of subjects, from anthropology and english to chemistry, and physics

• It's a good database to turn to first

• Be specific!
• Databases have too much specialized information in them to be appropriate for background research
• Combine your ideas effectively using:
• AND, to combine terms for specific results
• OR, to allow for synonyms, and to broaden results
• NOT, to exclude terms from your search

Click on the following links to view a short tutorial on each topic. For flash-free mobile and Apple devices click on

Introduction to Online Databases  (2:00)  

Search Strategies for  Finding Articles  (3:50)  

Finding Full-Text Articles  (2:46)  

The Different Types of Articles (Magazines, Journals and Newspapers)  (4:40)  

Scholarly Articles  (3:09)

How to Find a Specific Article  (2:52)

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