Database Tutorial: Business Source Premier: Articles

Search Tips:

• Break down your search into several ideas (or keyword clusters). Put each "idea" into one search box for clarity's sake.
• Put quotation marks around 2+ words to search them as a phrase.
• Try different synonyms or related words for one idea, combine them using the OR connector
• Observe the results and broaden or narrow the results as needed, such as adding, changing, or reducing keywords, as well as adding or subtracting filters.
• To save the search, just copy the URL in the browser address bar.

Use the filters to narrow down the results. You can click Relevance and select Date Newest to sort results by reverse chronological order. You can also click on All Time to choose a specific time period.

Click Access Now to view the full text, or Access Options then Find it @ PSU to see if the Library provides access to the full text elsewhere, and if not, to request the article (free or charge) from another library.

Click on the article title to find the download, citation, etc. features. Some features may require a (free) EBSCO personal account that you have to create (you don't NEED the account to use BSP; the account just has more personalization features):

You can also click the 3 dots on the right side of the results page to show similar tools: