Made for UWC, IFS132, July 2012.

1. Finding journal articles on
EBSCOHost
Created for UWC, IFS132
By Lara Skelly
July 2012

2. Go to the library home page:
www.lib.uwc.ac.za.

3. Hover your mouse over “Information
Resources” and a drop-down menu will
appear.

4. Click on “Databases A-Z”.

5. On the page that opens, click “A-L”.

6. Then, click on “B”.

7. Scroll down until you see “Business
Source Complete”. Click there.

8. Next, click on “EBSCOHost Web”.

9. You will see a list of all the databases that
UWC has access to through EBSCOHost.

10. Click on the box next to “Select all”.

11. Then click continue.

12. Type in some search words in the boxes
provided. Remember to use a good search
strategy.

13. And click on “Search”.

14. Your results will appear. Note that you can
filter for only peer-reviewed articles in the
box on the left.

15. On some records, you will be able to access
the full-text immediately by clicking on the
“PDF Full Text” link.

16. You can then read the full-text online,
or download it.

17. If you find an interesting article without a full-
text link, you might still be able to get it through
another database. See the “eJournal A-Z”
presentation on this guide.

18. For more information, or if you need
more help, contact your librarians:
Zona: Zkoen@uwc.ac.za
Lara: Lskelly@uwc.ac.za
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