Transcript EBSCO for All

EBSCO for All
An introduction to the wonderful
world of EBSCO
What Is EBSCO?
• Online periodical
database
• Thousands of up-todate articles and
essays from around
the world, available at
the click of a mouse.
• Can be accessed from
school or home.
Why Not Just Use the Internet?
• EBSCO pulls its articles
directly from accredited,
reliable journals,
magazines and
newspapers
• You know your research is
accurate, not from some
guy with an active
imagination, and too much
time on his hands.
What Can I Expect to Find?
• Acadia’s current
subscription includes nine
databases
• All are dedicated to finding
the best possible
information for school
research
• The highlights are…
Academic Search Elite
• More than 2,000 serials.
• Covers virtually every
area of academic study.
• More than 100 journals
have PDF images back
to 1985.
• Updated daily
Canadian Reference Centre
• Largest collection of regional
full text content available to
Canadian libraries.
• Includes leading Canadian
and international (U.S. and
U.K) periodicals
• Updated daily
MasterFile Elite
• More than 1,100 general
reference publications
with coverage dating as
far back as 1984.
• Includes 56 full text
reference books
• Image Collection of
192,999 photos, maps
and flags
Middle Search Plus
• Full text for 140 popular magazines for
junior high school research
• Contains 84,774 biographies, 100,554
primary source documents, and 202,164
photos, maps and flags
Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia
• Includes over 25,000 encyclopedic entries
covering a variety of subject areas
EBSCO Animals
• Provides in-depth information on a variety
of topics relating to animals
Primary Search
• Provides full text for 70 popular magazines
for elementary school research
History Reference Center
• Offers full text from more than 1,000
reference books, encyclopedias and nonfiction
• Includes 60 history magazines, 58,000
historical documents, 43,00- biographies
of historical figures, 12,000 historical
photos and maps, and 80 hours of
historical video
Science Reference Center
• Provides users with reference information
from the areas of life sciences, physical
sciences, earth sciences and space
sciences
• Full text database that combines
information from books, monographs,
journals, magazines, encyclopedias and
reference works.
Okay… How do we get started?
• Open up “Internet Explorer”
• On the Acadia homepage, click on the Library Link.
Find the Ebsco Research in the Sidebar on the
right side of the page.
Yes, it’s that easy!
That brings you here…
Type in: Username: acadia
Password: research
Save as Word
File on My Documents
Pick a service…
Select and interface to
use.
Ebscohost Web – high
school
Student Research and
Kids Search - Junior
High students.
Searchasaurus Elementary
EBSCOhost Web
• Choose the database you wish to peruse
• Broaden your search by placing checkmarks
beside all databases, or limit your search to just
one or two databases.
• When you’ve chosen, click continue
Whoa! What do I do with this?
• At first glance, it looks like there’s a lot of things
going on on this page
• Let’s break down the different parts…
Limiters
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Limiters are ways of narrowing your search.
Excludes abstracts from your search
Limits to only peer reviewed sources.
Limits to specified publications
Limits publication dates of journals searched
Limits number of pages
Expanders
Expanders are ways of searching a broader scope
1. Searches for words related to your search word,
rather than just the word itself
2. Searches complete article, rather than just the
abstract
3. Adds multiple search terms together, rather than
looking for a phrase
Find Line
• Just like Google, type in what you’re after here,
then click search when ready.
• “Boolean” search operators (and, or, not) work
here.
• Choose the databases in which you’d like to
search from the “in” drop box.
And we’re off…
Search of “assessment” yielded 25684 hits
Can be narrowed in two ways:
1. Choosing one of the subject headings listed at
left
2. Clicking on the “Refine Search” button above to
go back to the main search screen
Ahhhh… That’s Better…
• Clicking on the
“Learning” subject
heading under
assessment yields
955 results
• Refine search further,
or start surfing
But wait! There’s more!
You can read entire
issues online, rather
than searching for
specific articles
Select your database
with a checkmark
Click “Title List”
Search for Publications
• Search for the
publication you’d like
to look through
• (In this case, I chose
Scientific American)
• Click “Browse” or
Search for publications
by:
Alphabet
Subject
Matching words
Pick Your Poison…
• Choose the issue you want to read
• In this case, I want to read the most recent issue,
so I’ll click on “2006”, then “May 2006”
Voila!
• Just like that, the articles are listed, in the order
that they’re found in the journal
• Happy Reading!
A More Visual Way to Search
Select: Student Research Center
Choose Your Format
• Select format by checking off
appropriate box(es)
Conduct Basic Search
Type topic, author, subject,
Or key words in “Find”
Even Better…..
Conduct an Advanced Search
Click on
Advanced
Search
Tab
Fill in desired
Fields to limit
Or expand
Search
Finding Key Words
and
Limiting Searches
Search by
Topic
Select topic(s)
you need
information on
I’ve chosen
History and
Explorers
Quick References
Need a quick definition or fact:
Use the Dictionary and Encyclopedia
icons
Visual Searching
Kids Search
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Topic
Search
Images
Search
Engine
Searchasaurus
Dictionary
Topic
Search
Encyclopedia
Pictures
Search
Engine
Saving Passwords
• Open up a Word file
• Type up the information provided by Mrs.
Gibson
• Save as “Passwords”
• Attach “Passords” file to portal and send
information home
That’s it!
• All that’s left to do
now is to do some
surfing of your own.
• If you have
questions, don’t
hesitate to ask!
• Have fun!