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- 1. BROWN MACKIE COLLEGE LIBRARY DATABASES Introducingthe EBSCO databases
- 2. New databases arehere! Our new EBSCO subscription includes 34 databases, including: Academic Search Complete CINAHL MEDLINE Associated Press Images Collection These replace our core ProQuest databases but do not affect other subscriptions, including: Credo Reference Learning Express Library WestLaw
- 3. Let‟s take atour of a typical EBSCO database Introducing EBSCO
- 4. Accessing EBSCO Students,log in to your portal and click „Library‟ Faculty, go to www.onlinelibrary.brownmackie.edu and log in with your Brown Mackie username and password Then click „Find by Resource‟ or „Find by Subject‟ and choose a database
- 5. Click here fora list of all EBSCO databases
- 6. Choose a databaseto search. Academic Search Complete is similar to ProQuest Central and has lots of information on a variety of subjects. If you want, you can use the check boxes to search multiple databases at once!
- 7. EBSCO has anice clean interface to search from. Let‟s do a basic search first, then we‟ll check out Advanced and Visual searching, as well as the search history.
- 8. 7,499 results! Use thesidebar to narrow them down. Select „Full Text‟ and narrow the Publication Date range (2-4 years is a good place to start), then click „Update‟
- 9. You can alsonarrow down the results by Source Type Academic Journals are typically published by instructors, professors and other people at universities and are research-focused Trade Publications are published by people in an industry for members of that industry Magazines and Newspapers can be useful if you‟re looking
- 10. When you clickthe title of an article, a “detailed record” is shown, including author information, an abstract/summary, and a toolbar with lots of options! Click here for the body of the article
- 11. Use these buttons tosave the article in PDF format or print it
- 12. You can also usethe icons in this toolbar to: •Print the article •Email it to yourself •Add it to your EBSCO folder if you have an account •Cite it (more on that in a minute!) •Export it using a variety of formats •View the permalink •Bookmark it
- 13. When you clickthe „cite‟ button a box appears at the top of the page. APA is the 2nd listed citation. Copy and paste it into a Word document for your References page.
- 14. Advanced Features Now we‟llcheck out the “fun stuff” like Advanced and Visual Searching, and Search History.
- 15. From the EBSCOhost home page,click Advanced Search
- 16. Use this sectionto specify key terms, use operators like AND/OR/NOT to narrow results, and narrow by title, author or subject. You can also use the limiters below to specify Fully Text and set a date range.
- 17. Now let‟s doa visual search! From the EBSCOhost home page, click Visual Search
- 18. Enter your searchterms. Don‟t forget to click „Full Text‟!
- 19. The first setof results comes up in the far left column. Click any blue keyword to narrow the results. Click an article in green below that to see the body of the article. You can also filter results by date in the grey bar at the top.
- 20. Here are 3columns of narrowed search terms going from the original search of „communication and professionalism‟ to „professionalism‟ to „work attitudes‟. Note how the number of results narrows with each new column.
- 21. Clicking on an article (outlinedin red on the left) makes a summary pop up on the right. Click „more‟ to see the rest of the article.
- 22. Finally, let‟s review oursearches. From the EBSCOhost home page, click Search History
- 23. This page displaysall the searches you performed today. You can search them again, save them for later, or even set up an RSS feed to alert you when new results come up. Remember, if you do nothing with these searches, next time you log on this page will be blank!
- 24. Clicking „Rerun‟ will showthe results again at the bottom of the page.
- 25. Click an orangeRSS icon to create an RSS feed or an email alert when new articles come up for a particular search
- 26. Finally, you cansave searches for future sessions, but you‟ll need to create an EBSCO account to do so. Just check the box next to each search you want to save, then click „Save Searches/Alerts‟. EBSCO will prompt you to sign up for an account.