1 Freshman Workshop EBSCO HOST INFORMATION SERVICES: Accessing the Databases

2 Introduction Brief explanation of available data bases Log-on procedures Folder Basic searches for each discipline Short tutorial

3 Log-on Procedures Access the Internet Type in User name: LHS Password: goldenbears

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5 Choosing Databases

6 Basic Searches Basic Search or Advanced Search Check which data base(s) apply to your particular search. Click on the “continue” bottom at the bottom of the page. Your search results will appear in either a HTML or PDF text. All results are in “full text.”

7 Folder Folder icon “Folder is empty” Folder allows the user to personalize a search. Sign in to MY EBSCOhost: This feature allows the researcher to save all gathered information for a later session. The folder will not delete any information until the user deletes in part or completely.

8 Sign into My EbscoHost

9 Create User Name

10 Creating My Ebscohost Account

11 Adding Items to Folder

12 Your Folder

13 Subject Searches English: Canterbury Tales Social Studies: The Great Depression Science: Smallpox vaccination Math: Pythagoras Business: Donald Trump

14 EBCOhost Support Tutorials are available. “Basic Searching for K-12 School Libraries” runs three minutes. This tutorial runs in a Macromedia Flash Presentation.

15 Step-by-Step Access the Internet Type: Log on user name: LHS Password: goldenbears Choose the databases Type in keyword search: Canterbury Tales Select full text. Review results and add to folder. Personalize folder if research work is ongoing.

16 Thank you EBSCOhost has a 24-hour access to databases, which are updated daily, and includes frequent frequent software upgrades.