BROWN MACKIE COLLEGE LIBRARY DATABASES

Introducing the EBSCO databases

New databases are here!

Our new EBSCO subscription includes 34 databases, including: Academic Search Complete CINAHL MEDLINE Associated Press Images Collection

These replace our core ProQuest databases but do not affect other subscriptions, including: Credo Reference Learning Express Library WestLaw

Let’s take a tour of a typical EBSCO database

Introducing EBSCO

Accessing EBSCO

Students, log in to your portal and click ‘Library’

Faculty, go to www.onlinelibrary.brownmackie.edu and log in with your Brown Mackie username and password

Then click ‘Find by Resource’ or ‘Find by Subject’ and choose a database

Click here for a list of all EBSCO databases

Choose a database to search. Academic Search Complete is similar to ProQuest Central and has lots of information on a variety of subjects.

If you want, you can use the check boxes to search multiple databases at once!

EBSCO has a nice clean interface to search from. Let’s do a basic search first, then we’ll check out Advanced and Visual searching, as well as the search history.

7,499 results!Use the sidebar to narrow them down. Select ‘Full Text’ and narrow the Publication Date range (2-4 years is a good place to start), then click ‘Update’

You can also narrow down the results by Source Type

Academic Journals are typically published by instructors, professors and other people at universities and are research-focused

Trade Publications are published by people in an industry for members of that industry

Magazines and Newspapers can be useful if you’re looking for news or current events

When you click the title of an article, a “detailed record” is shown, including author information, an abstract/summary, and a toolbar with lots of options!

Click here for the body of the article

Use these buttons to save the article in PDF format or print it

You can also use the icons in this toolbar to:•Print the article•Email it to yourself•Add it to your EBSCO folder if you have an account•Cite it (more on that in a minute!)•Export it using a variety of formats•View the permalink•Bookmark it

When you click the ‘cite’ button a box appears at the top of the page. APA is the 2nd listed citation. Copy and paste it into a Word document for your References page.

Advanced Features

Now we’ll check out the “fun stuff” like Advanced and Visual Searching, and Search History.

From the EBSCOhost home page, click Advanced Search

Use this section to specify key terms, use operators like AND/OR/NOT to narrow results, and narrow by title, author or subject.

You can also use the limiters below to specify Fully Text and set a date range.

Now let’s do a visual search! From the EBSCOhost home page, click Visual Search

Enter your search terms. Don’t forget to click ‘Full Text’!

The first set of results comes up in the far left column. Click any blue keyword to narrow the results. Click an article in green below that to see the body of the article.

You can also filter results by date in the grey bar at the top.

Here are 3 columns of narrowed search terms going from the original search of ‘communication and professionalism’ to ‘professionalism’ to ‘work attitudes’. Note how the number of results narrows with each new column.

Clicking on an article (outlined in red on the left) makes a summary pop up on the right. Click ‘more’ to see the rest of the article.

Finally, let’s review our searches. From the EBSCOhost home page, click Search History

This page displays all the searches you performed today. You can search them again, save them for later, or even set up an RSS feed to alert you when new results come up.

Remember, if you do nothing with these searches, next time you log on this page will be blank!

Clicking ‘Rerun’ will show the results again at the bottom of the page.

Click an orange RSS icon to create an RSS feed or an email alert when new articles come up for a particular search

Finally, you can save searches for future sessions, but you’ll need to create an EBSCO account to do so. Just check the box next to each search you want to save, then click ‘Save Searches/Alerts’. EBSCO will prompt you to sign up for an account.