Tour of Academic Search Premier. Shows how to use advanced search features, creating account, creating search and journal alerts...

1. EBSCOHost Databases
Advanced Features
Make the Most of Your Bells & Whistles!

2. Today…
• Searching (Beyond simple keywords)
– Where to search
– Search tips
– Subject guide / thesaurus
– Saving articles to folders
• Personal Accounts – why create one?

3. Search Tips:
Where to Search for the Words…
This is the default search, which looks in all of the important
areas for your words…
You can change this to be much more specific if you need to
narrow or broaden parts of the search.

4. Search tips:
Search Multiple Databases…
You can change your database(s)
selection while you’re searching by
clicking Choose Databases.

5. Search tips –
Multiple Databases
Just change the checked databases
& click OK.

6. Search Tips:
Subject/Thesaurus Searching
Many EBSCOHost databases have a Thesaurus or
list of Subject Terms. (Look for this at the top of the
screen.)
Either click subject terms, or check the “suggest
subject terms” box and perform a search immediately.

7. Advance Searching
Subject/Thesaurus Searching
(This is the screen that you
will see after clicking on
subject terms. )
Enter a keyword in the
SUBJECT search, and then
click Browse.
(Be sure to use the 2nd
search field on the window
– not the one on the top!)

8. Advance Searching
Subject/Thesaurus Searching
If there is a better phrase to use, it will be suggested in
the search results.
Click on the best-sounding phrase to learn more…

9. Advance Searching
Subject/Thesaurus Searching
This is where you
will find other
words/phrases to
consider in your
searches!

10. Advance Searching
Search Tips
Look for more search tips by
clicking Help at the top right.

11. Advance Searching
Search Tips
Note the choices on
the left and click an
option to learn more.

12. Advance Searching
Saving Articles to a Folder
While searching, you might want to save a list of
articles you’re interested in.
If you’re on the search results screen, click Add to
Folder.

13. Advance Searching
Saving Articles to a Folder
If you’re looking at the article record, click the add to
folder icon.

14. Advance Searching
Saving Articles to a Folder
To see your list of saved articles, click on the Folder
option at top right of screen.

15. Advance Searching
Saving Articles to a Folder
And – here they
are!
WARNING – This can be lost if your browser closes, power
goes out, etc.
SOLUTION – Create a personal account with EBSCOHost…

16. My EBSCOHost
Create a Personal Account
By creating a personal account – you can save your favorite
articles securely, and much more!
To create an account, click Sign In to My EBSCOHost.

17. My EBSCOHost
Create a Personal Account

18. My EBSCOHost
Create a Personal Account
Enter appropriate information, submit, and follow any
additional instructions.

19. My EBSCOHost
Create a Personal Account
If you have a personal account – sign in before starting your
research session.
Follow the same steps for saving articles to a folder.
Now, if anything happens, they have been saved to your
account until you decide to delete them!

20. My EBSCOHost
Folders
This is a list of articles
saved under an account.
You can also organize
these articles into different
folders.

21. My EBSCOHost
Folders
You can also share one of
your folders with people
that you’re working with.

22. My EBSCOHost
Folders
Just enter appropriate information,
and click Invite.

23. E-Mail Search Alerts
Do you find that you often return to do
the same search?
You can save this search by clicking
Alert/Save/Share

24. E-Mail Search Alerts
Select E-mail Alert

25. E-Mail Search Alerts
Set up your preference
for the e-mail alert,
and click save alert.

26. Journal Alerts
Just like search alerts, you can also be notified when the
most recent issue of your favorite journal or magazine is
available.
(If it is included in an EBSCOHost database!)
First you need to know if the publication is included…
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27. Journal Alerts
From the library’s web
page, click on
Databases & Journals
then
Journals A-Z.

28. Journal Alerts
Enter your journal title, and
click the search button.

29. Journal Alerts
In the search results, make sure that an EBSCOHost
database includes the journal in full-text, and make sure that it
has it until the present.
(If journal is available through a different database, you will
need to check that database for a journal alert function.)

30. Journal Alerts
Return to your EBSCOHost
database, and then click
Publications at the top of the
screen.

31. Journal Alerts
Enter your journal title in the
second search box, and then
click browse.

32. Journal Alerts
Click on the title of your journal.

33. Journal Alerts
When viewing the journal information, click
on Alert / Save / Share.

34. Journal Alerts
Click E-mail Alert.

35. Journal Alerts
Enter your contact information
and any other preferences, and
then click Save Alert.

36. Beyond EbscoHOST
These types of options exist in more
than just EbscoHOST databases. This
is ProQuest’s Research Library.

37. Beyond EbscoHOST
These types of options exist in more
than just EbscoHOST databases. This
is ProQuest’s Research Library.

38. Beyond EbscoHOST
You also can control your searches,
search in a thesaurus, create an
account and more…

39. Don’t be afraid!
You cannot hurt the
databases.
Explore, play with
options, and find out
what they can do for
you!

40. THANK YOU!
Find additional databases through HACC’s
library web page (lib2.hacc.edu).
Just click
Databases & Journals,
and then either
Databases A-Z
or
Databases by Subject
to see what is available!