Tutorial

Home Improvement Reference Center

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Welcome to EBSCO’s

Home Improvement Reference Center

tutorial.

Home Improvement Reference Center

is a comprehensive, easy-to-use database that provides detailed "how-to" information about thousands of home improvement and repair projects, from plumbing and wiring to painting and decorating.

Home Improvement Reference Center

features full-text content from leading home improvement books and magazines, images not found anywhere else online, and how-to videos of popular home repair projects. In this tutorial, we will look at how to conduct a basic search from the home page as well as how to browse by category.

Looking to install recessed lighting in your kitchen? Begin your search in

Home Improvement Reference Center

from the

Basic Search

screen. Simply enter your search term(s) in the

Find

and click the

Search

button.

field

By default, your search results will appear in order of relevance, but you can also sort articles by source, author, or date. Click on a

Full Text

link to view the full text article, or click the title to view details about the article. Don’t have time to read it now?

Sign In

to your personal account and click the

Add to Folder

link to save the article to your personal folder.

If at any time you wish to return to the home page, click the product logo.

You can also browse

Home Improvement Reference Center

from the Home Page in other ways. The

Toolbox

provides helpful links for handy homeowners. Here you’ll find How-To Videos, Conversion Charts, and a Glossary. The

Project Spotlight

area highlights key content, and the topic is rotated on a regular basis. The

Browse by Category

area allows you to peruse articles by project type. Looking for some creative landscaping ideas? Begin by clicking the

Decorating

category.

On the next screen, you’ll see a list of topics related to Decorating. Click a topic (for example,

Creative Landscapes

) to expand a list of

Project Sub-topics

. Continue to navigate through the

Project Subtopics

until you reach your desired topic. Click the link to display the article or step-by-step instructional document.

PDF full text displays in the PDF Full Text Viewer. From here, you can

Print, E-mail, Cite, Export,

or

Add

the result to your

Folder

by clicking the corresponding icons under the Tools menu on the right. You can print or save the article to your computer by using the icons found in the Adobe Reader toolbar. To see citation and summary information for the article, click

Detailed Record

.

To view the complete online Help system, click the

Help

link at the top right of the

Home Improvement Reference Center

home screen.