Searching & Citing

Ginny Konefaladapted from Powerpoint prepared for Professional Development Workshop, January 18, 2006 by Martha Hickson

March 17, 2006

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You try it: Advanced Search

Do an Advanced Search with no limiters

Try again with limiters

Sort by relevance

Open an article examine the subject headings

– Add helpful new terms to your search planning worksheet

EBSCO search tips

Boolean– OR = more

Wildcards (?) Truncation (*) Proximity (N, W) Grouping Limiters Expanders Searchable fields

Common field searches

AU Jefferson (author) DE library science (subject heading) JN School Library Journal (journal name) RV Y (peer reviewed) TI marketing (article title)

Finding subjects & search terms

You try it: Subject Terms

Click the Subject Terms tab

Click the Relevancy Ranked button

In the Browse For box, type one of your search terms

Click the Browse button

Review the list and add any useful related terms to your search planning worksheet

Finding publications

Publication name Alpha browse Subject search Words in title

You try it: Publications

Click the Publications tab

Click the Subject & Description button

In the Browse Publications field, type the subject that you are researching

Click the Browse button

Indexes

Browse indexed fields

Build a search by clicking on relevant items

Cited References

Session history

My EBSCOHost

Create new account

Save searches/alerts

Search alert

Search alert

Sample search alert

You try it: Search Alert

Click Search History/Alerts tab

Click Save Searches/Alerts

Complete the form

– Click Alert radio button

Click Save button

Journal alert

Journal alert

Journal alert

Sample journal alert

You try it: Journal Alert

Click Publications button

Use Browse Publications to find your magazine

Click Browse

Click the magazine’s title

Click Journal Alert

Complete the form

Click Save button

Web Page Composer

Web Page Composer

Web Page Composer

Sample web page: Pathfinder

You try it: Web Page Composer

Click My Folder Has Items

Click Web Pages

Click Page Composer

Give the page a name

Click Continue

Experiment with the page-building tools

Support & documentation

http://support.epnet.com