This document provides a tutorial for using the EBSCOhost Android application. It outlines how to download the app, authenticate it with your institution, perform searches, view results and save articles. Key features covered include searching databases, filtering results, viewing detailed records and full text, and accessing recent, saved and help sections. The tutorial concludes with an overview of the app's core search and content viewing functions.

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The EBSCOhost Android
Application
Tutorial

2. Welcome to the EBSCOhost Android app
tutorial, a guide to using the many features of
the Android application version of
EBSCOhost.
The EBSCOhost Android app can be used on
devices running Android v. 2.1 or later.

3. The EBSCOhost app
is available as a free
download from the
Android Market.

4. After downloading the App, you will
need to send yourself an
authentication key from your
institution’s EBSCOhost account.
Click the EBSCOhost iPhone and
Android Applications link at the
bottom of the screen.
An email with an authentication key is
sent to you.
Access the email from your device
and click the link found in the email to
authenticate the application.
You have 24 hours to access the key
from your device to authenticate the
app. If the key is not used within 24
hours, it expires and you will need a
new key.

5. From the Home screen of the EBSCOhost
App, you can:
 Perform a keyword search using the
Find field.
 View Recent Searches.
 View your Saved Searches.
 View Saved Articles.
 Change your Android App Settings.

6. From the Settings menu, you can select
which databases to search.
In the Search Options section, you can also
set limiters:
 Full Text: Tap to limit all searches to
results that have full text available.
 Peer Reviewed: Tap to limit all searches
to results that are peer-reviewed.
 Autocomplete: Tap to turn the
Autocomplete feature on.

7. To search the EBSCOhost app, tap the Find
field from the Home or Search screens.
The onscreen keyboard is displayed.
Enter your search terms in the Find field
and tap Search.

8. A result list with articles matching
your search terms is displayed.
Tap a result list item to view the
detailed record for the article.
Result List items with an Adobe
icon include PDF full text that
can be downloaded and
viewed on your device.
The Result List can be sorted by
date by tapping Date above
the list.
Tap Refine to modify your search
by publication and/or subject
heading.
You can save your search by
tapping Save at the top of the
screen. Saved searches can
be viewed by tapping Saved in
the menu at the bottom.

9. If you rotate the device, you can
view the Result List in
landscape mode.
Scroll through the result list by
sliding your finger to the
right or left.
Tap a result list item to view the
Detailed Record for the
article.

10. From the Detailed Record, you can:
 Tap your device’s Back button to return to
the Result List
 Tap the Up and Down arrows to page
through the results.
 Tap Save to save the article's Detailed
Record and available Full Text to your
device.
 Tap Check for Full Text to view external
links where full text may be available. (If
available)
 Tap to view the Detailed Record for an
article.
 Tap to view the HTML Full Text (if
available).
 Tap to download and view the PDF Full
Text (if available).
 Tap to email the article.

11. Also from the Detailed Record, you can:
 Tap an Author name to view more articles
by that author.
 Tap a Source title to view more articles from
that journal.
 Tap a Subject to view more articles related
to that subject heading.
 Tap a Database name to view more articles
from that specific database.

12. When you click the PDF icon, the PDF full text is
opened within the EBSCOhost app. Tap your
device’s Back button to return to the
Detailed Record.

13. Recent searches and articles you have viewed
can be displayed by tapping Recent in the
menu at the bottom of the screen.
Recent Searches are displayed by default.
You can remove searches or articles from the list
by tapping Edit in the upper-right of the
screen. Select the searches you wish to
delete and tap Delete.

14. Searches and articles you have saved can be
viewed by tapping Saved in the menu at the
bottom of the screen.
Saved Articles are displayed by default. Tap
Saved Searches to view the articles you
have saved.
You can remove saved searches and articles
from the list by tapping Edit in the upper-
right of the screen. Select the items you wish
to delete and tap Delete.

15. Tap the Help link on the Home screen to
view the Android application Help.
This concludes the EBSCOhost Mobile
tutorial.