How to access EBSCO History Reference Center through the Idaho Falls Public Library; what full text means; what peer review means; why you cite sources, basic search strategy

1. HISTORY
REFERENCE
CENTER
An EBSCO database
available through
The Idaho Falls
Public Library

2. PROVIDES DATABASES
TO LIBRARIES.

3. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/706080047800710020/
Research that
comes to you

4. has full text articles
from peer reviewed
magazines.

5. Full text means you can
get the entire article
immediately within the
database you are using.
https://askus.library.wwu.edu/faq/116582

6. Academic and scholarly
articles are from peer
reviewed journals.

7. What is Peer
reviewed?
https://library.sdsu.edu/reference/news/what-does-peer-review-mean

8. •Academic, scientific, or university publishers
publish these articles.
•Article is revised many times before publication.
https://www.lonestar.edu/departments/tutoring/Scholarly_Sources.pdf
https://library.sdsu.edu/reference/news/what-does-peer-review-mean
•Two or more specialists review the article.

9. •Peer reviewed articles are found in scholarly
databases, like History ReferenceCenter.
•The information can be trusted.
https://library.sdsu.edu/reference/news/what-does-peer-review-mean
https://www.lonestar.edu/departments/tutoring/Scholarly_Sources.pdf

10. https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/history-reference-center
• Over 1,700 historical encyclopedias
and reference books
• A full-text database

11. https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/history-reference-center
• Magazines and academic journals
• Over 56,000 primary source documents

12. • Content from leading history publishers like
Oxford University Press and Houghton Mifflin

13. • Biographies on over 72,000 historical figures.
• Text-to-speech for HTML to listen to articles.

14. • Content from over 140 leading history journals
• 639,000 full-text records

15. • Find scholarly articles for assignments.
• Browse U.S. andWorld History by historic era

16. • Search for specific subjects and historical events
• Download and save articles

17. • Source citation generated for different formats
• Research and citation help within the database

18. This tutorial will demonstrate:
•How to access History Reference Center
•Basic Search Strategies
•How to use citation tools

19. How to Access
History Reference
Center

20. Go to the Idaho Falls
Public Library website
http://www.ifpl.org

22. Scroll to the bottom.

23. Find “For All Idaho
Residents”.

24. Find “History Reference
Center” in the list.
Double click on the words.

25. Enter your
library card
number.
Click the sign in button.

26. History Reference
Center opens

28. Opening
Screen
Search bar
Citation Help is
in the Reference
Shelf

29. Browse individual sources on
specific subjects by clicking here.

30. Read about the featured
history topic by clicking
this link.

31. Click here to Browse
topics in U.S.
History

32. Here you can browse
by topic or by a
timeline of historic
eras.

33. Browse by the highlighted
topics or choose historic eras
shown on this timeline.
U.S.
History
Timeline

34. Click here to Browse
World History.

35. Here you can browse
World History by topic
or by a timeline of
historic eras.

36. Browse periods of world
history by specific year or
choose a highlighted topic.
World
History
Timeline

37. Basic Search
https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/where-can-you-find-fossils

38. Enter topic
or keyword

39. Click Search
The database will bring
up a list of results.

40. BASIC SEARCH
ON THE CIVIL WAR.

41. Type “civil war” in search box
The search box gives
suggestions to refine
your search.
Select civil war us 1861-1865

42. The basic search
for “CivilWar,
U.S. 1861-1865”
brings up 141
results.
The database lets you
choose limits to refine the
results.

43. Limit results here
•By full text
•By date
•Source
•Publication title

44. And 16 results from
academic journals.
For example, there are
36 results from books,

45. Symbol icons represent
different types of resources.

46. Resource Types
Peer reviewed articles from scholarly publishers.
Full-text books about your topic.

47. Newspaper or magazine articles.
These are not peer reviewed.
Primary source documents are from the time period,
like letters or newspaper articles.
A biography about a person linked to your topic.

48. A short article talking about a book
or article on the topic.
Article from encyclopedias or historical reference book.

49. Click on the
relevance menu.

50. Use the relevance
menu to sort by the
most current articles
or books.
Or sort by author to
find a specific author.

51. Double click a result to
look at the information.

52. Within a result you
can save the article
and create the
bibliographic citation.

53. Here you can
choose HTML or
PDF format to
save files.

54. CitationTool
Click on the Cite
icon to bring up a
list of citations in
different formats.

55. Choose the format
you need for your
citation.

56. CitationTool
Save the citation in
the format you need
for future use.

57. Click Result List to return
to your original result list.

58. Find citation help and
guidelines in History
ReferenceCenter.

59. Do a deeper search:
• Pay attention to terms from other articles.
• Use some of those words to expand your results.
In the CivilWar example, try:
• Abraham Lincoln
• Battles
• Generals

60. Cite Sources

61. https://libguides.mit.edu/citing
https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/writing/cite_sources
Why Cite Sources?
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/74802043799590898/
The list of articles and books
you studied is called:
• References
• Bibliography
• Works cited
Cite or list the articles you read
or used for an assignment.

62. Citing sources shows where you did
your research.
https://libguides.mit.edu/citing
Citing sources shows you have read what
experts have written about the topic.

63. Gives credit to the authors who did research.
Acknowledge direct quotes and ideas
from others
https://libguides.mit.edu/citing
Other people can locate the same
articles to study.

64. Knowledge, waiting to be discovered.

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What will you find?

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Thank you for taking the time to learn more
about EBSCO’s History Reference Center at
the Idaho Falls Public Library.
Please contact me if you have any questions:
Aleisha Stout
Children’s Library Supervisor
Idaho Falls Public Library
Student, Master of Library Science at Dominican University
astout@my.dom.edu