This tutorial provides information on how to use EBSCOhost databases to conduct research. It discusses how to access EBSCOhost through the library website, search across multiple databases simultaneously or individually, and narrow search results through limiting by source, subject, date range, and other filters. The tutorial emphasizes how narrowing search parameters can greatly reduce large result sets to more manageable sizes for research purposes. It also explains how to identify full-text availability and whether the library has print copies of relevant journal issues. The overall goal is to help students improve their research skills and ability to efficiently use online research tools.
A basic introduction to taxonomies/controlled vocabularies, what they are and how they are used. Presented originally at the Society of Indexers conference, July 2008.
A basic introduction to taxonomies/controlled vocabularies, what they are and how they are used. Presented originally at the Society of Indexers conference, July 2008.
This PPT contain details of Z39.50 and useful for Library Science students. This protocol used for information retrieval and in the end list of different types of protocols are given.
A presentation on Interoperability in Digital Libraries by Rupesh Kumar A, Assistant Professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumakuru, Karnataka, India.
Presents my findings from analyzing the Library, Information Sciences & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database. Points of analysis included keyword versus natural language queries, specificity, exhaustivity, indexes and access points, types of searches and search protocols, coverage, currency, predictability, retrievability, user-friendliness, and search help.
Classaurus is a vocabulary control tool.
Developed by Ganesh Bhattacharyya and used for POPSI, the pre-cordinate indexing system.
It is a faceted systematic scheme of hierarchical classification incorporating all the essential features of a conventional retrieval thesaurus,i.e control of synonyms, quasi-synonyms and antonyms in extended senses.
Like faceted classification schemes, there are separate schedules for each of the elementary categories (entity, property and action) and for common modifiers (form, time, place and environment).
Presented at the seminar Libraries and the Semantic Web: the role of International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD), National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 25 Feb 2011
All types of libraries /information centres are organized to provide some basic services which are rendered either in anticipation or on demand from the users. The information services provided in anticipation are termed as alerting services as this alert the users about the new information of their interest. Broadly speaking the same is also termed as current awareness service . The primary aim of any library is to provide timely and quality services to its users
This PPT contain details of Z39.50 and useful for Library Science students. This protocol used for information retrieval and in the end list of different types of protocols are given.
A presentation on Interoperability in Digital Libraries by Rupesh Kumar A, Assistant Professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumakuru, Karnataka, India.
Presents my findings from analyzing the Library, Information Sciences & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database. Points of analysis included keyword versus natural language queries, specificity, exhaustivity, indexes and access points, types of searches and search protocols, coverage, currency, predictability, retrievability, user-friendliness, and search help.
Classaurus is a vocabulary control tool.
Developed by Ganesh Bhattacharyya and used for POPSI, the pre-cordinate indexing system.
It is a faceted systematic scheme of hierarchical classification incorporating all the essential features of a conventional retrieval thesaurus,i.e control of synonyms, quasi-synonyms and antonyms in extended senses.
Like faceted classification schemes, there are separate schedules for each of the elementary categories (entity, property and action) and for common modifiers (form, time, place and environment).
Presented at the seminar Libraries and the Semantic Web: the role of International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD), National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 25 Feb 2011
All types of libraries /information centres are organized to provide some basic services which are rendered either in anticipation or on demand from the users. The information services provided in anticipation are termed as alerting services as this alert the users about the new information of their interest. Broadly speaking the same is also termed as current awareness service . The primary aim of any library is to provide timely and quality services to its users
Explore Your World with EBSCO's ExploraKarenSteiger2
An instructional presentation for my LIS 702 course at Dominican University (a graduate Library and Information Science course). The assignment tasks students with creating a PowerPoint presentation instructing users to use a reference source cited in a previous assignment. I am not affiliated with EBSCO or the Schaumburg Township District Library; I assumed the role of a reference librarian at the Schaumburg Township District Library to meet the parameters of the assignment. I would be delighted if you find this guide helpful, however!
Introduction to EBSCOhost Research databases at University of Galway Library rosie.dunne
Introduction to EBSCOhost Research databases at University of Galway Library presented by Richard Crookes, Manager, Training Services – UK, Nordics & Africa EBSCO, 12 October 2023
Introduction to EBSCOhost Research databasesrosie.dunne
Introduction to EBSCOhost Research databases at University of Galway Library presented by Richard Crookes, Manager, Training Services – UK, Nordics & Africa EBSCO, 12 October 2023
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Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
2. About this Tutorial
Students:
This tutorial will help you:
• Access and perform research in EBSCOhost databases.
• Narrow search results to find needed information.
It should take you about 20 minutes to complete.
Faculty:
• This tutorial was made using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.
• This tutorial will help students
– Broaden their research abilities.
– Learn to use online research tools.
This tutorial meets the following ACRL standards:
1.1c 1.4b
1.1d 2.3c
3. What to watch for…
Notes –
These are to let you know
there is important information
you need to know about what
is being covered.
4. What is EBSCOhost?
• EBSCOhost is a service provides access to the full text of over 6,000
journals and periodicals in the fields of
education, business, health, law, and other academic disciplines.
• Linscheid Library subscribes to more than 90 EBSCOhost databases.
• Access to EBSCOhost is a project of the Oklahoma Library Technology
Network and is funded with state and federal funds through the
Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
5. How to Access EBSCOhost Databases
You can access the electronic resources by clicking on the „Articles &
More‟ icon. This icon takes you to a page with tabs across the top.
Most of the tabs are letters of the alphabet which that take you
to lists of databases that start with that letter. The rest of the
tabs allow you to find resources by type (such as newspaper
articles) or by subject ( „Resources by Major‟).
6. E-Resources by Title
Click EBSCOHost Web
Search to search multiple
databases at the same
time.
OR
Click on any of the tabs to find
lists of individual database
titles which you can search
individually.
7. Searching Multiple Databases
To use the databases:
1. Click the boxes
next to the
database(s) you
want to search.
2. Click “Continue” when
you have selected all
the databases you
want to search.
Remember this: All EBSCOhost
databases look the same and have
similar search functions. If you can
learn to search one of them, you
should have no trouble using all of
them.
8. Input your search terms and limit your results.
Limiting the results of your searches will help to narrow your topic. You can also
limit your search from your results page. This will be covered in the next few
slides.
9. Additional search terms can help narrow a search.
Too many results!
It would take a lifetime to sort
through all that information!
The search term is too general.
By adding elementary to
education and math as the
specific subject in
education that you want to
research, the results are
much more manageable.
Still, 14,000+ hits is a lot to
go through. Let‟s learn how
to narrow this even more.
Using quotation marks around a phrase tells the computer that you only want results that have those words if
they appear next to each other in an article. So instead of searching elementary and education, which would
return over 70, 000 hits, you have much better results as seen above. (Parentheses) can also be used.
Using an asterisk * tells the computer you want the results to include any words that have math in them, such
as math, mathematics, mathematician, etc. This is called a truncated or wild card search. For more
information check out the help option within EBSCOhost.
10. To narrow your results further you have several options.
On the left side of the results window you can narrow results by…
• Source (or format)
• Subject
• and many others depending on the databases and the
search
If we limit the results to just periodicals here is what is left:
Less than 1,000 of the previous 14, 000 are from periodicals
(journals and magazines). The rest are from
newspapers, books, and other materials.
Still, over 800 results may be a lot to look through. We can
narrow it further. Let‟s narrow by subject also.
11. In the initial search we used elementary
education and math* as search terms.
These search boxes are the same as
doing a keyword search in the library
catalog. It searches for these terms
everywhere in the record.
Then we narrowed the search by source or format.
If we add a subject search to narrow our results even more
you may notice that a lot of the same terms that we used for
the keyword search are there too.
But this time those terms are the ones chosen by an author or
publisher as important subject topics in the article. It is not the
same search and will narrow the results even more to only
those articles that have the chosen terms as subject topics.
12. keyword search
source or format
Now let‟s look at the result of a subject search if we choose
one of the options shown at the left.
Now we only have 58 articles left to look through. Much
more manageable! And if you find that the results are too
narrow you can go back to a previous results list by clicking
on the X to remove search terms.
13. There are other options available to LIMIT your
results too. Let’s take a look.
CATPAC limits the search to
ECU library items.
Full Text means the whole article
is available online to
view, save, or print.
Scholarly or Peer Reviewed Journals
narrow the search to articles written
by experts in the field.
You can move the sliders or type the
dates you want into the boxes to limit
the articles to specific publication
dates.
14. Take a moment to review.
Selecting CATPAC limits the search results to
publications for which at least some of the copies are
in the library.
The library may not have the specific issue that you are looking for.
Check the library catalog to be sure.
Full text limits the search results to only those
articles that are available in full-text format.
There are a lot of good articles that EBSCOhost may only
an abstract for, but if you plan ahead you can order these
articles through interlibrary loan.
Limiting the results to scholarly or peer reviewed journals
returns only results written by experts in the field.
You can also limit the results to a specific time span by
sliding the cursors to indicate the year or by typing in the year
you want.
15. Using the same search, and limiting the
results by choosing scholarly journals
published in the last 10 years, this is the
result:
From 10 million to 26 by narrowing and limiting your results. Not bad for just a few clicks.
You can undo any of these limiters if the results are not what you wanted or it returns too few
articles.
16. This is an example of
what your list of results
looks like.
Remember:
PDF Full Text means
that the full article can
be viewed, instead of
just an abstract.
This CatPac logo means that
Linscheid Library owns some
issues of this journal title.
Click the logo to find out of
the library carries the specific
issue you are searching for.
17. There are two types of full-text articles available on
EBSCOhost:
PDF
Click here to print
HTML
Click here to print
18. Thank you for viewing
this tutorial on
Using Ebsco Databases.