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EBSCOhost Mobile

EBSCOhost iPhone App

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In this webinar, we will show you how to take advantage of EBSCOhost mobile. The mobile version of EBSCOhost on the

web is available at m.ebscohost.com. EBSCO indicates that the mobile version of

EBSCOhost is also available for a variety of devices such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android-based smartphones.

In this webinar, we will take a look at the mobile site and the iPhone app.

EBSCOhost Mobile

To Login to Ebsco Mobile

UserID: njebscoPassword: mobile

The list of Statewide EBSCO databases will appear:

Academic Search Premier Biography Collection Complete Business Source Premier ERIC GreenFile History Reference Center Literary Reference Center Science Reference Center NoveList+ NoveList+K-8 Points of View Reference

Center Referencia Latina

Under the Search Options, it is easy to limit or expand your search results.

You can choose from one of the available Search Modes and depending upon the databases you have chosen, you may see the ability to limit a search by Full Text articles, Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals, or a particular publication that you enter in the field provided.

Enter your search term

Your result list is displayed. From the result list, you have the

following options:

To view an article’s detail page, click or tap the article title.

If available, you can view the full text of an article by clicking the HTML Full Text or PDF Full Text link.

To further refine your results, click the Search Options link below the Find field, apply additional limiters, and click Search.

From an article detail page, you can e-mail the article to yourself, along with any available full text by clicking or tapping the E-mail icon near the top of the page.

To view the full text, click the HTML or PDF full text icon.

HTML view of article.

Questions about the EBSCOhost mobile site?

EBSCOhost for iPhone

The EBSCOhost iPhone app is available through the App Store. Just search for “ebscohost.” It’s free.

The EBSCOhost iPhone app has received positive reviews from iPhone users. Currently there is not a version specifically for iPad, although the iPhone version can be used on that platform.

This is the EBSCOhost iPhone app welcome screen. Note the instructions on the screen to configure the app when using it for the first time.

After getting your key, touch “Try EBSCOhost as a guest” to log in. You will be asked to login to the service one time only and your login will be saved for future uses. You will use the key that you were emailed in this process.

The first screen you will see after logging in will show your recent searches as well as saved search and article links.

To start a new search, just type your search terms in the Search field. Here we will search for articles on New Jersey by typing in “new jersey.”

Your results will be listed on the next screen. Here there are 105 articles found. Note the PDF icon for full text results.

Tapping one of the results leads you to this screen, which shows you an abstract for the article. It also has buttons you can use to save the article, read the PDF on your phone and email the article.

The full text PDF, shown here, is fully scalable on the iPhone.

Downloading a full text article PDF to your iPhone is quick and easy.

The Settings screen allows you to fine tune your results. Here I have elected to search just for articles available in Full Text.

You can get to your most recent searches by going to the Recent screen. You can then tap on the line to bring up the results of that search.

Questions about the EBSCOhost iPhone app?

In this webinar, we have shown you how to take advantage of EBSCOhost mobile. The mobile version of EBSCOhost on

the web is available at m.ebscohost.com.

The mobile version of EBSCOhost is also available for a variety of devices such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android-based smartphones.

You now know how to navigate the mobile site and use the iPhone app.

David Lisadlisa@njstatelib.orgabout.me/davidlisa

Scherelene Schatzsschatz@njstatelib.orgabout.me/schereleneschatz

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