Find Useful Articles Using Expanded Academic ASAP
What's in it?
  • Magazine & journal articles from 2600 periodicals on a variety of topics (1980-present).
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    Why use it?
  • To find magazine & journal articles on a variety of research topics.
  • To find useful search words for information research.
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    Get Started Start at the UCLA Library Homepage:
  • Click on the Search and Find button on the left.
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  • Click on Article Databases
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  • Choose Expanded Academic ASAP from the list of Frequently Used Databases.
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    Search
  • Click on Advanced Search in the left-hand column
  • Type search words & click on Search - example:
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    Find More
  • Use fewer search words.
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    Find Less
  • Use more search words.
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    Display Results
  • Pick a useful article.
  • Click on the link to the right of VIEW or just under it.
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    Focus Search
  • View a useful article or the citation for it.
  • Scroll down almost to the bottom, to View other articles linked to these subjects
  • Click on VIEW under a useful subject.
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    Evaluate Results Sift through results to find the most useful items, by answering these questions:
    • Who wrote it? Expertise?
    • When was it published?
    • For books, who published it?
    • For articles, in what publication did it appear?
    Get Articles
    Online
  • Click on citation links with on the left
  • Or, click on
  • Note: PDF = scanned article supplied by periodical publisher
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    Mark Items
    to Print or
    Email



    ...Try it!
  • Click on View to the left of number of ciations.
  • Click in the box to the left of each item you want to print or email.
  • Click on View Mark List in the left hand column, to see your list of selected items.
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    Get Articles
    in Library



    ...Try it!    		  
  • Look up the periodical name in the UCLA Library Catalog (http://catalog.library.ucla.edu/)
  • Find the library name & call number or click on link for online access.
  • OR, click on
  • A new window provides links to full-text and/or to the MELVYL Catalog
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    Tips... 1. at the tope of the screen means you can bookmark your search results to use later.
    2. Want to look up singular, plural or root of a word? Truncation & "Wildcard" symbols:
    • Any number of characters: *
      EXAMPLE: child*
    • One character: ?
      EXAMPLE: wom?n
    3. Save time - see if a periodical is indexed:
    • Click on the Title List in left-hand column.
    • Press Ctrl-F simultaneously, type the periodical name (e.g., Newsweek) in the Find what box, & click Find next.

     


    Questions? Ask Us!

  • Ask a Librarian in-person at a reference desk, by phone, by email...


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    OR, chat live with a librarian!
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    Permission is granted for unlimited non-commercial use.
    Created by Esther Grassian: September 25, 2001
    Last Updated: June 12, 2006