2. New databases are here!
Our new EBSCO subscription includes
34 databases, including:
Academic Search Complete
CINAHL
MEDLINE
Associated Press Images Collection
These replace our core ProQuest
databases but do not affect other
subscriptions, including:
Credo Reference
Learning Express Library
WestLaw
3. Let‟s take a tour of a typical EBSCO
database
Introducing EBSCO
4. Accessing EBSCO
Students, log in to your portal and click
„Library‟
Faculty, go to
www.onlinelibrary.brownmackie.edu and log in
with your Brown Mackie username and
password
Then click „Find by Resource‟ or „Find by
Subject‟ and choose a database
6. Choose a database to
search. Academic Search
Complete is similar to
ProQuest Central and has
lots of information on a
variety of subjects.
If you want, you can use the
check boxes to search
multiple databases at once!
7. EBSCO has a nice clean
interface to search from. Let‟s
do a basic search first, then
we‟ll check out Advanced and
Visual searching, as well as the
search history.
8. 7,499 results!
Use the sidebar to narrow them
down. Select „Full Text‟ and
narrow the Publication Date
range (2-4 years is a good
place to start), then click
„Update‟
9. You can also narrow down the
results by Source Type
Academic Journals are
typically published by
instructors, professors and
other people at universities and
are research-focused
Trade Publications are
published by people in an
industry for members of that
industry
Magazines and Newspapers
can be useful if you‟re looking
10. When you click the title of an article, a “detailed
record” is shown, including author information, an
abstract/summary, and a toolbar with lots of
options!
Click here
for the body
of the article
12. You can also
use the icons
in this toolbar
to:
•Print the
article
•Email it to
yourself
•Add it to your
EBSCO folder
if you have an
account
•Cite it (more
on that in a
minute!)
•Export it using
a variety of
formats
•View the
permalink
•Bookmark it
13. When you click the „cite‟ button a box appears at the
top of the page. APA is the 2nd listed citation. Copy
and paste it into a Word document for your
References page.
14. Advanced Features
Now we‟ll check out the “fun stuff” like
Advanced and Visual Searching, and
Search History.
16. Use this section to
specify key terms, use
operators like
AND/OR/NOT to narrow
results, and narrow by
title, author or subject.
You can also use the
limiters below to specify
Fully Text and set a date
range.
17. Now let‟s do a visual
search! From the
EBSCOhost home
page, click Visual
Search
19. The first set of results comes up in the far
left column. Click any blue keyword to
narrow the results. Click an article in green
below that to see the body of the article.
You can also filter results by date in the
grey bar at the top.
20. Here are 3 columns of
narrowed search
terms going from the
original search of
„communication and
professionalism‟ to
„professionalism‟ to
„work attitudes‟. Note
how the number of
results narrows with
each new column.
21. Clicking on an
article
(outlined in
red on the left)
makes a
summary pop
up on the
right. Click
„more‟ to see
the rest of the
article.
23. This page displays all
the searches you
performed today. You
can search them
again, save them for
later, or even set up
an RSS feed to alert
you when new results
come up.
Remember, if you do
nothing with these
searches, next time
you log on this page
will be blank!
25. Click an orange RSS icon to create an
RSS feed or an email alert when new
articles come up for a particular search
26. Finally, you can save searches for future sessions, but you‟ll
need to create an EBSCO account to do so. Just check the
box next to each search you want to save, then click „Save
Searches/Alerts‟. EBSCO will prompt you to sign up for an
account.
