WRS -- Academic Search Premier

This week's spotlight is on Academic Search Premier. Academic Search Premier is an excellent general database that covers all academic subjects including biology, chemistry, environmental science, and coastal science. It indexes almost 8000 scholarly journals. But what makes it particularly useful is that it includes the full text of more than 4000 of those journals. Althought the coverage in specific subjects may not be as comprehensive as elsewhere, this is an excellent place to find full text articles in the biological sciences.

Academic Search Premier is on the EBSCO platform, which allows up to 3 terms in more than 15 fields combinable by AND, OR, or NOT. It also allows you to limit your search to full text only, publication date range, or to a specific journal. Searches are saved in the search history and can be combined. ESBCO also allows you to set up email alerts that will notify you when a record is added that meets your search criteria.