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Academic Search Premier Database Guide: Selecting Results

An introduction to searching and using Academic Search Premier

Selecting Results

 

Let’s take a look at one of the results in our search. From the results screen you can see the TITLEAUTHOR, and SOURCE of the article, in this case “Orphans by Design: The Future of Genetic Parenthood.” By Hilary Bowman-Smart published in Bioethics.

EBSCO search result

 

Click on the article TITLE to see more detailed information. Again you can see the TITLEAUTHOR, and SOURCE. In addition you can now view the ABSTRACT. An ABSTRACT is a brief summary of the article which allows you to see what the article is about without having to read the whole thing. It is always a good idea to do this instead of reading, in this case an 8 page article, and finding out the article is not useful to you. The ABSTRACT and SUBJECT TERMS can also supply you with more KEYWORDS to use to modify your original search. 

 

To access the article, click on the ACCESS OPTIONS button on the below the title information. Then select ONLINE FULL TEXT or PDF.