Expanded Academic ASAP contains thousands of full-text magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journal articles on all topics.

Current Montgomery College students, faculty, & staff can access databases from on or off-campus. To access Expanded Academic ASAP:

• Start at the Montgomery College Library home page: www.montgomerycollege.edu/library

• Click on Databases by Subject. Click on Expanded Academic ASAP in the list of general databases (above the subject categories).

• Off-campus or using a laptop on-campus: When you click on the link to the database, you will be asked to log in. Enter your Montgomery College ID ("M number," including the M) in the box. Problems logging in? Try the tips in our Troubleshooting Checklist.

When you open Expanded Academic ASAP, you will see the Basic search screen. You can also do an Advanced search by clicking the link on the blue bar at the top of any Expanded Academic ASAP screen.

Basic Search:

• To search: Choose several keywords that describe your topic. Enter them in the search box with the connector words and & or. If you do not use and & or, the search will look for your words as a phrase (in the order you type them into the search box). This can prevent you from finding a lot of good articles.
  • AND: Combines search words so that the articles you get back contain all of the words. Use and to connect the different ideas that you want the articles to discuss (e.g., eco-friendly and building).

  • OR: Combines search words so that the articles you get back contain at least one of the words. Use or when you are searching with synonyms (e.g., environment or eco-friendly). NOTE: In the Basic Search box, put words connected with or in parentheses: building and (environment or eco-friendly).

• More search options: Below the search box, you will see a link that gives you more search options. Limit your search results so that you only retrieve articles that have the full text available in the database.

Advanced Search:

• To search: Enter your keywords into the search boxes using and & or. Put terms connected with or in the same search box.

• The same search options are available in the Advanced search as in the Basic search "More search options" link.

After you click search, you will retrieve a list of articles arranged by the type of source. Click on the appropriate tab to see the results for each type of source:

Articles are arranged by published date, with the most recent article first. You can change this by selecting an option from the Sort by list above the article lists.

The full text is available for many articles, and will open when you click on the article title from the results list. You can also see a PDF version of many of the articles. For that option, look in the red Tools box on the right side of the full-text screen.

You can print or e-mail articles from the full text screen. Click on the link in the Tools box:

• Print: When you click on the Print Preview link, your article will be re-formatted for printing. It will open in a new browser window. To print, select File > Print from your browser menu.
• E-mail: To send the article to yourself, type your email address in both the "Mail to" and "Sender's email address" boxes. Click Send.