2.  Provide the general public with
knowledge they need to conduct a
search using an EBSCOhost product
 Give brief introduction to Academic
Search Complete database
 Provide instructions for beginners on how
to conduct a search using this database
 Perform a sample search and provide
screenshots of the process

3.  Academic Search Complete- database run
by EBSCOhost
 EBSCOhost- information service providing
access to more than 375 full-text databases
 Academic Search Complete includes
research materials from many fields of study
 Features content from as far back as 1887
(“About EBSCOhost”, 2014)

4.  Decide on a topic & make it into a question
 Create a search query
 Use the search bar at the top center of the
page to type in your search terms
 Utilize the search options and limiters to
narrow down your search results
 Click search!
 Use the Help link in upper right hand corner
if you have any questions

6.  AND when you want both terms to
appear in results [ex. flowers AND insects]
 OR when you want one search term or
the other to appear in results [ex. insects
OR bees]
 NOT when you don’t want a specific
term to appear in results [ex. (flowers
AND insects) NOT butterflies]
 Combination [ex. flowers AND (insects
OR bees)]

7.  Topic: The interaction between insects in
flowers.
 Question: What is the interaction
between insects and flowers?
 Search Query: (flowers AND insects) NOT
butterflies

9.  Search options:
-Boolean
-Full-Text

11.  Advanced Search
-English
-PDF Full-Text

17.  It’s very simple.
 Don’t get discouraged.
 Use the help function.
 Explore!
 Practice, practice, practice.

18.  (2014). “About EBSCOhost.” EBSCO
Information Services. Retrieved 28 April
2014, from
http://www.ebsco.com/about