Use these helpful steps to quickly and effectively use the database Academic Search Complete.

2. When should I use Academic
Search Complete?
0 Use Academic Search Complete database when you
are looking for articles on general topics.
0 Academic Search Complete has articles from
magazines, newspapers, and scholarly/academic
journals.

3. The Library Website
0 http://www.daytonastate.edu/library/

5. Click on the link that says
“Databases A to Z”

7. Sign in first
0 Your borrower ID is your student ID #
0 Your PIN is the last four digits of your Social Security
number

9. Now you see a list of titles
0 Academic Search Complete is the second title on the
list.
0 Click on the title to go to the database.

11. Click on the blue bar to
connect to the database

14. Now you’re ready to search
0Type your topic into the search box then
click on the “Search” button
0You need to spell your search terms
correctly
0You don’t need to use any of the other
boxes or limiters

17. Working with your results
0Your results are sorted by relevance
0That means the “best” results are on
top, not the newest
0Use the slider on the left to weed out
older dates
0Click and hold the slider, drag it to the
date you want, and click on “Update”

20. Now all your results are from
within the past ten years

22. Read the article
0Click on “PDF Full Text” below the
article description
0If you have a choice between PDF and
HTML Full Text, choose PDF.
0PDF articles come with page numbers.
If you use a quote from your article in
your paper, you will need the page
number. HTML does not have page
numbers.

25. Using article tools
0Look at the “Tools” menu at the left of
the page
0From here, you can print the article, or
email it to yourself
0You can also print or save the article by
using the gray bar that appears on the
page when you move the mouse

27. Citing the Article
0 Under the Tools menu, find the icon that looks like a
yellow sheet of paper.
0 When you mouse over it, it will say “Cite.”
0 Click on that, then choose your citation style (MLA,
APA) from the list.
0 You can copy and paste the citation into your works
cited or references page.
0 Note: the citation may not be 100% correct. Check
with an APA or MLA style guide for the correct format.
0 This does not give you the in-text citation.

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