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Today…
• Searching (Beyond simple keywords)
EBSCOHost Databases – Where to search
– Search tips
Advanced Features – Subject guide / thesaurus
– Saving articles to folders
Make the Most of Your Bells & Whistles!
• Personal Accounts – why create one?
Search Tips: Search tips:
Where to Search for the Words… Search Multiple Databases…
This is the default search, which looks in all of the important
areas for your words…
You can change this to be much more specific if you need to
narrow or broaden parts of the search. You can change your database(s)
selection while you’re searching by
clicking Choose Databases.
Search tips – Search Tips:
Multiple Databases Subject/Thesaurus Searching
Many EBSCOHost databases have a Thesaurus or
list of Subject Terms. (Look for this at the top of the
screen.)
Just change the checked databases Either click subject terms, or check the “suggest
subject terms” box and perform a search immediately.
& click OK.
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Advance Searching Advance Searching
Subject/Thesaurus Searching Subject/Thesaurus Searching
(This is the screen that you
will see after clicking on
subject terms. )
Enter a keyword in the
SUBJECT search, and then
click Browse.
(Be sure to use the 2nd If there is a better phrase to use, it will be suggested in
search field on the window the search results.
– not the one on the top!)
Click on the best-sounding phrase to learn more…
Advance Searching Advance Searching
Subject/Thesaurus Searching Search Tips
This is where you
will find other
words/phrases to
Look for more search tips by
consider in your clicking Help at the top right.
searches!
Advance Searching Advance Searching
Search Tips Saving Articles to a Folder
Note the choices on
the left and click an
option to learn more.
While searching, you might want to save a list of
articles you’re interested in.
If you’re on the search results screen, click Add to
Folder.
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Advance Searching Advance Searching
Saving Articles to a Folder Saving Articles to a Folder
If you’re looking at the article record, click the add to To see your list of saved articles, click on the Folder
folder icon. option at top right of screen.
Advance Searching My EBSCOHost
Saving Articles to a Folder Create a Personal Account
And – here they
are!
By creating a personal account – you can save your favorite
articles securely, and much more!
WARNING – This can be lost if your browser closes, power To create an account, click Sign In to My EBSCOHost.
goes out, etc.
SOLUTION – Create a personal account with EBSCOHost…
My EBSCOHost My EBSCOHost
Create a Personal Account Create a Personal Account
Enter appropriate information, submit, and follow any
additional instructions.
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My EBSCOHost My EBSCOHost
Create a Personal Account Folders
If you have a personal account – sign in before starting your
research session.
This is a list of articles
Follow the same steps for saving articles to a folder.
saved under an account.
Now, if anything happens, they have been saved to your
You can also organize
account until you decide to delete them!
these articles into different
folders.
My EBSCOHost My EBSCOHost
Folders Folders
You can also share one of
your folders with people
that you’re working with.
Just enter appropriate information,
and click Invite.
E-Mail Search Alerts E-Mail Search Alerts
Do you find that you often return to do
the same search?
You can save this search by clicking Select E-mail Alert
Alert/Save/Share
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E-Mail Search Alerts Journal Alerts
Just like search alerts, you can also be notified when the
most recent issue of your favorite journal or magazine is
available.
(If it is included in an EBSCOHost database!)
Set up your preference First you need to know if the publication is included…
for the e-mail alert,
and click save alert.
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Journal Alerts Journal Alerts
From the library’s web
page, click on
Databases & Journals
then
Journals A-Z.
Enter your journal title, and
click the search button.
Journal Alerts Journal Alerts
In the search results, make sure that an EBSCOHost Return to your EBSCOHost
database includes the journal in full-text, and make sure that it database, and then click
has it until the present. Publications at the top of the
screen.
(If journal is available through a different database, you will
need to check that database for a journal alert function.)
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Journal Alerts Journal Alerts
Enter your journal title in the
second search box, and then
click browse. Click on the title of your journal.
Journal Alerts Journal Alerts
When viewing the journal information, click Click E-mail Alert.
on Alert / Save / Share.
Journal Alerts Beyond EbscoHOST
Enter your contact information These types of options exist in more
and any other preferences, and than just EbscoHOST databases. This
then click Save Alert. is ProQuest’s Research Library.
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Beyond EbscoHOST Beyond EbscoHOST
These types of options exist in more You also can control your searches,
than just EbscoHOST databases. This search in a thesaurus, create an
is ProQuest’s Research Library. account and more…
Don’t be afraid! THANK YOU!
Find additional databases through HACC’s
You cannot hurt the library web page (lib2.hacc.edu).
databases.
Explore, play with
options, and find out Just click
what they can do for Databases & Journals,
you! and then either
Databases A-Z
or
Databases by Subject
to see what is available!
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