Access EbscoHost Databases

Contents Known Problem ............................................................................................................................................................ 1

Access journals via publisher / platform from the NHS Journals A-Z List. .................................................................... 2

Example Journal Title .................................................................................................................................................... 3

Login ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Login Directly to EbscoHost Databases ........................................................................................................................ 3

Find a Journal ................................................................................................................................................................ 4

View Issues ................................................................................................................................................................... 8

View Articles ................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Known Problem EbscoHost does not seem to be able to handle users trying to access different institutions’ content within

the same computer session.

For example if you try to access Ebsco databases via your Keele username / password and then via

your NHS Athens username / password, it cannot distinguish who you are and can end up blocking

access for both access routes.

This may be further complicated if you are using a Keele networked computer where Ebsco

automatically detects you as a Keele University user and blocks you accessing the databases via the

NHS route.

The error may look like this:

Figure 1 Error screen presented when trying to access multiple institutions' resources

Where the institution detected may be Keele University or any of our NHS-based organisations.

You can try to clear the Internet cache for Ebsco by clicking here and click on the option "Remove

EbscoHost Authentication Cookie". If this doesn't work, the best we can suggest is to log out, restart your

computer then only use one set of resources (Keele or NHS) for the computer session; log out and

restart your computer to use the other set of resources.

Ebsco databases include Cinahl and Medline with full-text. We subscribe to both these sets of

resources for our Keele University users and our NHS users.

Access journals via publisher / platform from the NHS Journals A-Z List.

When you are looking for a journal title you should always start at the NHS Journals A-Z list in order to

identify the publisher / platform / database where we subscribe to the journal title.

1. Start at the Journals page on the Health Library website.

2. Go to the NHS Journals A-Z List by clicking the NHS Journals link.

3. Login with your NHS Athens username and password.

Click either the OpenAthens link at the top right-hand corner or via the OpenAthens link in the

yellow box.

4. Search for the journal title that you require.

5. Click the publisher / platform link for the journal title.

Example Journal Title Here is an example of a Cinahl journal on the NHS Journals A-Z list:

Figure 2 eJournal from the Cinahl database on the NHS Journals A-Z list

Login If you link to Cinahl from the NHS Journals A-Z list or NHS HDAS, then you do not normally have to log

in again.

Login Directly to EbscoHost Databases To login directly to the EbscoHost databases go to https://search.ebscohost.com/

This is the main login page for Ebsco. To access the NHS resources click the “OpenAthens Login”

link.

Figure 3 EbscoHost log in screen

Log in with your NHS Athens username / password when prompted.

You should be able to see your institution’s name on the next screen, along with a list of resources that

are available to you. These may be different depending on your institution’s subscription.

Find a Journal Having logged in select “EbscoHost Research Databases”.

Figure 4 Ebsco resources

You will now get a list of all the databases within your subscription. In our example we are going to look

for a Cinahl-based ejournal. Click the “Cinahl with full-text” database link.

Figure 5 List of subscribed Ebsco databases

Select the “Publications” option on the top menu bar.

Figure 6 Menu bar for the Cinahl database

You will then get a full list of all the publications held within the Cinahl database.

Figure 7 A-Z list of publications held within Cinahl

To find the journal title you are looking for, enter the title name in the second text box and click the

Browse button.

Figure 8 Publications search page

The results of the search are presented as a list of titles.

Figure 9 Publications search results for Cinahl

Click the journal title you are interested in to go to the journal page.

Figure 10 Journal title page in Cinahl

View Issues To view a particular issue of a journal title, click the Year of the issue from the journal title page. Then

click the Issue link.

Figure 11 Journal page showing Volumes and Issues

You can then see the list of articles within that issue and page down to the article you need.

Figure 12 Issue page showing articles

View Articles You can see all the articles within an issue from the issue page. To view an article, click the article title

link.

Figure 13 Issue page showing articles

You can see all the bibliographic details of the article. To view the full-text click the “PDF full text” link.

Figure 14 Article page showing the bibliographic details of the article