Using the EBSCOhost Research Databases

ACCESSEFFECTIVE SEARCHES

PRINT AND SAVE AND CITE

ACCESSING EBSCOHOST RESEARCH DATABASES FROM ANYWHERE

ACCESS

Step 1 – Navigate to EBSCO database.

Go to oakhall.org/library

click on Digital Resources links on

left of page

Click on Follett Destiny Online Public Access Catalogue

.

Click on Oak Hall Upper/Middle

School Library link on right.

On Home tab, click on EBSCO

Databases link

Enter User Name: oakhallschool

Password: library

There are several ways to go to the databases: The first is through the Oak Hall website and library catalogue

Other MethodsAccess from the Oak Hall Middle and Upper School Library Wiki

Go to oakhall.org/library

Click on Digital Resources links on

left of page.

Click on Oak Hall Middle and Upper

School Wiki link

Click on Ms. Poole’s Great Expectations Research Project

Assignment

Access from search.ebscohost.comEnter User Name: oakhall school and Password: library

You can also access the databases through Edline

User ID: oakhallschoolPassword: Library

• Choose the database that’s best for you.• Lower School Searchasaurus• Middle School Student Research

Center• High School EBSCOhost Research

Databases or Student Research Center

TO SAVE YOUR RESULTS IN A FOLDER FOR LATER ACCESS

SET UP YOUR OWN ACCOUNT

• Before searching, set up a user name and password, so you can access your resources later.

Click on Sign In

.

Click on Create a New Account.

• Fill out the form fields to set up your account.

• Be certain that your user name and password are memorable.

• Write them down.

EFFECTIVE SEARCHES ON THE EBSCOHOST RESEARCH DATABASES

SEARCH

• Select the Databases suggested by your teacher or the librarian.

EFFECTIVE SEARCHING

EBSCO STUDENT RESEARCH CENTER

• Enter your search terms. • If you do not get the results you

want, try different search terms.

• You can also use the Advanced Search options.

• If you need to do an Advanced Search, this is what it looks like.

• Results!

• Refine (Narrow) your results to full text.

• You can also specify a publication date range.

• Update!

• You can also refine your results further, depending on the type of sources you want.

• Click on Resource Link.

• Here’s a good resource!• Look at your options to the

right!

• Print.

•Citation help!

•MLA citation!

Email.

Save in folder.

•Cite

.•

Scroll down to MLA

format.

Saved articles.

• Permalink

•Here’s the link.

•You can copy it.

• Bookmark.• All your fa

vorite social

media.

WHAT ABOUT GOOGLE?BUT WAIT!!!!!

Google Guide to Evaluating Resources• Sure Google is fast and returns tons of results, but not all

resources on Google are good ones.• Even Google admits this is true!• If you use Google, evaluate your results carefully. • Anyone can

– Create pages– Exchange ideas– Copy, falsify, or omit information intentionally or accidentally

• Many people publish pages to get you to buy something or accept a point of view. Google makes no effort to discover or eliminate unreliable material.

• So be skeptical. It pays to be suspicious!• Consider Authority, Accuracy, Objectivity, Currency, Coverage

(AAOCC) when evaluating a website.• All of the above applies to Wikipedia.http://www.googleguide.com/evaluating_results.html

• Authority Who are the authors? Are they qualified? Are they believable? With whom are they associated? Do their associates affect their credibility? Who is the publisher? What is the publisher’s reputation?• Accuracy Is the information accurate? Is it reliable and error-free? Are the interpretations and conclusions reasonable? Is there evidence to support conclusions? Is the evidence verifiable? Do the authors properly list their sources, references or citations with dates,

page numbers or web addresses, etc.?• Objectivity What is the purpose? What do the authors want to accomplish? Does this purpose affect the presentation? Is there an implied or obvious bias? Is the information fact, opinion, a spoof (a joke), or a prank?• Currency Is the information current? Is it still valid? When was the site last updated? Is the site well-maintained? Are there any broken links?• Coverage Is the information relevant to your topic and assignment? What is the intended audience? Is the material presented at an appropriate level? Is the information complete? Is it unique?

www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENGI/eval_criteria.html