The Academic Search Premier

This site is nothing new to me, I have used it many times, so after once again reviewing the site I am pleased with the ease of use and function.  It is a very good resource and tool.  I definitely have used this site for other classes during my time here at SCSU.  As an English Major this site has been a valuable tool during research papers.  I used this site as a way to find scholarly research articles that would help me gain information and use as sources in research papers for my classes.  The ability to find articles, read abstracts, and then limit my search to a narrower focus have helped me a lot.  I also enjoy the ability to be able to get a whole document, and then print it out so I can highlight what seems most important, rather than just reading it on the screen.

That being said, this site is not my only site I use to look for scholarly articles. Using the SCSU library page has also been very helpful as it gives you other options to use to search for articles.  Some of the other sites that I found helpful were: JSTOR, MLA International Bibliography (Languages & Literature) and Google Scholar .  I used these sites as well to help me locate and read scholarly articles that focused my searches and lead me to good facts and sources.

All in all, I don't really think I have very many fears about using this database for my research.  I have used it before and will probably use it again.  It has always turned up some interesting articles that I found helpful.  I guess my main fear would be that this database won't have much on my population, but even that fear seems unlikely.