EBSCOHost DatabasesAdvanced Features

Make the Most of Your Bells & Whistles!

Today…

• Searching (Beyond simple keywords)

– Where to search

– Search tips

– Subject guide / thesaurus

– Saving articles to folders

• Personal Accounts – why create one?

Search Tips:Where to Search for the Words…

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.

Search tips:Search Multiple Databases…

You can change your database(s)

selection while you’re searching by

clicking Choose Databases.

Search tips –Multiple Databases

Just change the checked databases

& click OK.

Search Tips:Subject/Thesaurus Searching

Many EBSCOHost databases have a Thesaurus or

list of Subject Terms. (Look for this at the top of the

screen.)

Either click subject terms, or check the “suggest

subject terms” box and perform a search immediately.

Advance 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

search field on the window

– not the one on the top!)

Advance Searching Subject/Thesaurus Searching

If there is a better phrase to use, it will be suggested in

the search results.

Click on the best-sounding phrase to learn more…

Advance Searching Subject/Thesaurus Searching

This is where you

will find other

words/phrases to

consider in your

searches!

Advance Searching Search Tips

Look for more search tips by

clicking Help at the top right.

Advance Searching Search Tips

Note the choices on

the left and click an

option to learn more.

Advance Searching Saving Articles to a Folder

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.

Advance Searching Saving Articles to a Folder

If you’re looking at the article record, click the add to

folder icon.

Advance Searching Saving Articles to a Folder

To see your list of saved articles, click on the Folder

option at top right of screen.

Advance Searching Saving Articles to a Folder

And – here they

are!

WARNING – This can be lost if your browser closes, power

goes out, etc.

SOLUTION – Create a personal account with EBSCOHost…

My EBSCOHostCreate a Personal Account

By creating a personal account – you can save your favorite

articles securely, and much more!

To create an account, click Sign In to My EBSCOHost.

My EBSCOHostCreate a Personal Account

My EBSCOHostCreate a Personal Account

Enter appropriate information, submit, and follow any

additional instructions.

My EBSCOHostCreate a Personal Account

If you have a personal account – sign in before starting your

research session.

Follow the same steps for saving articles to a folder.

Now, if anything happens, they have been saved to your

account until you decide to delete them!

My EBSCOHostFolders

This is a list of articles

saved under an account.

You can also organize

these articles into different

folders.

My EBSCOHostFolders

You can also share one of

your folders with people

that you’re working with.

My EBSCOHostFolders

Just enter appropriate information,

and click Invite.

E-Mail Search Alerts

Do you find that you often return to do

the same search?

You can save this search by clicking

Alert/Save/Share

Select E-mail Alert

E-Mail Search Alerts

Set up your preference

for the e-mail alert,

and click save alert.

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!)

First you need to know if the publication is included…

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Journal Alerts

From the library’s web

page, click on

Databases & Journals

then

Journals A-Z.

Journal Alerts

Enter your journal title, and

click the search button.

Journal Alerts

In the search results, make sure that an EBSCOHost

database includes the journal in full-text, and make sure that it

has it until the present.

(If journal is available through a different database, you will

need to check that database for a journal alert function.)

Journal Alerts

Return to your EBSCOHost

database, and then click

Publications at the top of the

screen.

Journal Alerts

Enter your journal title in the

second search box, and then

click browse.

Journal Alerts

Click on the title of your journal.

Journal Alerts

When viewing the journal information, click

on Alert / Save / Share.

Journal Alerts

Click E-mail Alert.

Journal Alerts

Enter your contact information

and any other preferences, and

then click Save Alert.

Beyond EbscoHOST

These types of options exist in more

than just EbscoHOST databases. This

is ProQuest’s Research Library.

Beyond EbscoHOST

These types of options exist in more

than just EbscoHOST databases. This

is ProQuest’s Research Library.

Beyond EbscoHOST

You also can control your searches,

search in a thesaurus, create an

account and more…

Don’t be afraid!

You cannot hurt the databases.

Explore, play with options, and find out what they can do for you!

THANK YOU!

Find additional databases through HACC’s

library web page (lib2.hacc.edu).

Just click

Databases & Journals,

and then either

Databases A-Z

or

Databases by Subject

to see what is available!