This tutorial will show you how to search for journal articles through Ebscohost'

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Ebscohost Tutorial

• This tutorial will show you how to search for
  journal articles through Ebscohost.

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What Is EbscoHost?

• EbscoHost is a tool that allows you to search
  a single database or many databases at once.
  Each database contains many electronic journals.
  

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Where can I find EbscoHost?

• On the UW-Richland library home page, click on
  Finding Journal Articles.

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Then select the top link.
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Select EbscoHost
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The UW Colleges subscribe to over 30 databases
searchable through EbscoHost. Here you will find
a brief description for each.
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Check the boxes of any of the databases you wish
to search, then hit Continue at the top or
bottom of the list.
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You may put terms in one or more of the three
boxes on the left. Then select the type of
search for each.
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Here you will find several options to narrow your
search. See the next slide to learn more about
these limiters.
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Limiters

• Full TextThis means that all of the articles
  retrieved will be available in full text through
  EbscoHost. You will be able to view the articles
  in their entirety, print them out, or e-mail the
  URLs to yourself to read or print out later.
• Published DateUse this option to set a specific
  date range for the articles you wish to see.
• Peer-Reviewed JournalsThese journals are
  generally regarded as the most prestigious and
  academically reliable. To be published in a
  peer-reviewed journal, each submission must
  undergo a thorough review and in many cases
  editing process by a panel of leading scholars in
  the respective field.
• Click on the Help button in the upper right-hand
  corner to find out more about limiters and many
  other aspects of EbscoHost.

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Well start with a single term search, entered as
Subject. We only want full text and
peer-reviewed journals.
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This search gives us 210 results. Note the list
of additional subjects. Youll see more about
this later.
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Now well add the term war as something that
could come up anywhere in the text of the
article.
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This search gives us 106 results104 fewer than
our previous search. Adding terms with the
connector and will narrow your search.
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Now well add MRS. Dalloway (Book) from the list
of subjects that opens up by clicking on the
arrow. Just click on the selection.
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Were now down to 19 results.
At any point in your search, slide the moveable
date bar to bring up only more recent articles.
Then click Update Results.
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If you click on a title, it will bring up a page
like this. From here you can e-mail the article
to yourself or put it in your Ebsco Folder for
future reference.
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Requesting an Article

• In our search, we specified Full Text Only,
  which will limit the results to those available
  in full text through EbscoHost.
• Not limiting your search to Full Text will bring
  up more results, some of which will be available
  in full text through other aggregates, like
  Wilson Web. Others wont be available in full
  text anywhere.
• In these instances, you will have to request the
  article through ILLiad, or InterLibrary Loan.

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How do I know if the article is in full text?

• Lets compare two results in a search where Full
  Text has not been selected. ..

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This article is available in full text.
This one might be available in full text through
another source. Click on the find It Button to
find out.
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Were in luck! Its available through Project
Muse. Click on the link to be taken to the
article.
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What about this article?
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No such luck this time. Thats okayit can be
requested through Interlibrary Loan.
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Clicking on the request link brings up this
screen. Enter the 10-digit number from the
bottom of your student ID, your last name, and be
sure to select Richland Center.
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This page provides the citation information of
the article you selected. Make sure it is the
article you want.
At the bottom of the screen, hit Submit Request.
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How long will it take to get articles from ILL?

• It usually takes a few days to receive requests.
  You should plan on four or five days, though it
  generally doesnt take that long.
• Articles are often sent electronically in these
  cases, you will receive an e-mail with a link to
  the article.
• If it is mailed, you will be contacted by
  someone at the library. You may then pick up
  your material at the circulation desk.

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Thank You

• Please dont hesitate to ask questions about
  EbscoHost or any of the other databases.
• Lisa Killips lisa.killips_at_uwc.edu
• [phone] x 293
• Todd Roll todd.roll_at_uwc.edu
• [phone] x220