Save searches and documents, set up alerts, and create custom folders with your EBSCOhost account.

1. Creating and Using
an EBSCOhost account
A presentation by the
Tavistock and Portman NHS
Foundation Trust Library

2. Creating your account

3. Creating your account
When in an EBSCOhost database, click on “Sign
In”, at the top of the screen.

4. Creating your account
On the next page, click on “Create a new
Account”.

5. Creating your account
Complete the form and
click “Save Changes”.
Try not to forget your
username and
password!

6. Signing in

7. Signing in
Now, every time you arrive in an EBSCOhost
database, you need to log in by clicking on “Sign In”
and entering your username and password.

8. Signing in
Once you’re signed in, you can do several things:
‐ Saving a search;
‐ Setting up an alert
‐ Retrieving past searches;
‐ Saving documents;
‐ Retrieving past documents;
‐ Organising your folder with “custom folders”.

9. Saving a Search

10. Saving a Search
1. Do a search.
2. Look for it in your search history.
3. Click the box in front of it.
4. Click on “Save Searches / Alert”.

11. Saving a Search
5. Give your search a name.
6. Optional: write a description of your search.
7. Click on “Save”.

12. Setting up an alert

13. Setting up an alert
If you want to create an alert instead, click on
“Alert”, fill in the new part of the form that
appears and click on “Save”.

14. What does it do?
Once your alert is set up, you will receive
notifications by email telling you when new
papers corresponding to your search have been
added to the database.
That’s a very efficient way to keep up‐to‐date
with your field!

15. Retrieving past searches

16. Retrieving past searches
To rerun a search you have saved, you need to:
1. Click on “Folder” at the top of your screen.

17. Retrieving past searches
2. On the left side of the screen, click on “Saved
Searches”.

18. Retrieving past searches
3. Find your search in the list and click on
“Retrieve Saved Search”.

19. Retrieving past searches
4. Your search now appears in your search
history. Click on “rerun” to see its results again.

20. Saving a document

21. Saving a document
When you find a reference you’d like to save,
click on the blue folder on the right.

22. Saving a document
When the folder turns yellow, your document is
saved.

23. Saving a document
Note that if you didn’t sign in before doing this,
your document will only be put in a temporary
folder.
When you leave your session, you will lose
everything you thought you had saved.
So always make sure that you sign in when you
open the database!

24. Retrieving a document

25. Retrieving a document
Just as for retrieving a search, click on “Folder”
at the top of your screen.

26. Retrieving a document
Click on the category corresponding to your
document on the left of the screen.

27. Retrieving a document
The documents you saved appear on the centre
of the screen. Click on the document’s title to
check out its whole record.

28. Organising your folder

29. Organising your folder
You can organise your folder by
creating custom folders.
On the left of your screen, click on
“New” next to “My Custom”.

30. Organising your folder
Give your folder a name, a description, and click
on “Save”.

31. Organising your folder
Now, when you click on a “blue folder” to save a
document, you will be given the choice to put it
in one of your custom folders.
Click on the folder of your choice to save the
document.

32. That’s all for today!
If you have any question or problem, contact
the library!
020 8938 2520
library@tavi‐port.nhs.uk