This document provides an overview of advanced search features available in EBSCO and InfoTrac databases. It describes features such as saving articles and searches to personal accounts, setting up RSS feeds and email alerts, using subject headings and thesauri, and searching within specific fields. Boolean operators, wildcards, truncation, proximity searching and nesting are explained as methods for power searching across multiple databases within EBSCO and InfoTrac simultaneously. Examples of advanced search techniques are also provided.

1. Using Advanced Features in EBSCO and InfoTrac DatabasesNovember Library LibLearn

2. EBSCO: Advanced FeaturesMyEBSCOhost personal account: save articles, images, searches. Houses personal folders.Search historyRSS feed: search and journal alertsCustom and shared folders: create individual folders. Have ability to share folder with team.Cited references: identify researchers in field (can also be done in Google Scholar, Google Books and Arts and Humanities Citation Index)Thesaurus: MeSH, CINAHL Headings, BusinessSubject, people, places, image searchvgonzalez@framingham.edu

3. EBSCO: My Accountvgonzalez@framingham.edu

4. InfoTrac: Advanced FeaturesGale User personal account: create individual folders within your personal accountMark items (searches and articles); bookmark persistent linkSearch history and search lists: view past search queries and rerun searchesSearch and journal email alerts and RSS feedsPowerPack CollectionsListen to articles and convert to MP3 fileSubjects and subdivisions: topic searchvgonzalez@framingham.edu

5. InfoTrac: Gale User Accountvgonzalez@framingham.edu

6. Power SearchingBoth EBSCO and InfoTrac (One Search) allow researchers to search all databases.Boolean operators: use AND, OR, NOTWildcard - ?: replaces letter, wildcard - # replaces alternative spellingTruncation - *: finds all forms of wordProximity : use N5 or W8 (you can use any number) to find words within the number of words of within anotherNesting : use parenthesis for more complex Boolean searchesQuotation marks : use double quotation marks to search for exact phase.vgonzalez@framingham.edu

7. PowerSearching ExamplesBoolean: education AND technology; college OR university; Saturn NOT planetWildcards: ne?t=neat, nest, next; colo#r=color, colourTruncation: comput*=computer or computing; midsummer * dream=midsummer night’s dreamProximity: tax N5 reform=could find tax reform as well as reform of income tax; tax W8 reform=would find tax reformNesting: (dog OR cat) AND (show OR parade)Quotation marks: “core library values”vgonzalez@framingham.edu