EBSCO Databases
Discover It
This session will focus on EBSCO resources. They cover a wide variety of topics: academic and general interest, health, business, student research, history, and much more. Segments will focus on specific audiences, adults, kids, and schools.
Video Segments
Introduction and MasterFile (8:30) Learn how to access and search magazine and journal articles in a variety of EBSCO databases.
Additional information on health databases can be found in the Gale Databases segment (Health and Wellness Resource Center) and in the Webinar Archive (Health & Wellness databases).
Tools for Schools (6:57) Geared toward school librarians and teachers, this segment will focus on Teacher Reference Center and behind the scenes material from the vendor.
Additional EBSCO database segments can be found in the Hands-on Tools for Pre K-8 segment (Kid InfoBits and Kids Search and Searchasaurus) and Get Them Out of Google (MAS Ultra-School Edition).
Try It
- Select Masterfile. Click on Sign-in and create a new account. Conduct a search and place a few items in the folder. In your My EBSCO Host, create a folder for these items. How might you use this feature? For yourself? For patrons? For students? Please share your ideas below.
- Create a journal alert. There is a tutorial on the EBSCO support site (Creating a Journal Alert).
- While in the EBSCO support site, look at Kids Search or another resource of interest. Also, take a look at the Success Center tab at the top of the page.
- On the GoWYLD databases page. Conduct a search in the EBSCO search box on the right side of the page to search multiple databases. Note that the number of results for each database is listed on the left side of the results page.
Please share your comments about the database and your ideas for promoting this resource below.
December 2, 2010 at 12:03 pm |
Hi Jamie,
Thanks for the invitation to try this out.. What a fabulous idea!
Peggy Cadigan
Associate State Librarian for Innovation
New Jersey State Library
December 3, 2010 at 6:36 am |
Nice work Jamie and Chris! Thanks for sharing.
December 14, 2010 at 4:18 pm |
Once again, so much information on unlimited topics. Combining articles and pictures into folders and the use of several databases at once is impressive.
December 15, 2010 at 10:49 am |
It’s nice to know a bit more about what is contained in the individual EBSCO databases. Usually I just select them all, because I’m not sure where the topic or article might be found (although that sometimes leads to an overwhelming number of results).
December 15, 2010 at 11:37 am |
I mentioned this before, but I love the fact that we can check the eJournal Portal for full text of articles that are not available in Ebsco.
The journal alerts would be a great replacement for at-home magazine subscriptions. In these tough economic times, that might be an easy way to save some money, while still staying informed.
December 20, 2010 at 3:14 pm |
Thanks for the information! I knew some of the folder information but not all of it. I also learned more about Ebsco Health. I haven’t used this database as much but it has lots of good information for my students doing health topics. Anyway great information to use as I train my students!
December 22, 2010 at 11:06 am |
I appreciated the information on how to better navigate the Ebsco data bases. Now when I am presented with the complaint that Ebsco is hard to use I can share the information I have learned and show the wealth of information and tools that are available.
December 28, 2010 at 12:57 pm |
Can see where the folders would be very helpfull, both for staff and for showing our students. Less confusion than my poor note taking!
And the journal alert would keep us on track-easy to forget to return and check as we should, so nice to have a reminder in our email.
Think that having the photos and the wide variety of resources would appeal to the younger students.
original search turned up very large nubers in each of the databases, so can see it would be easier to go back and limit by dates or full text and then make a choice from the smaller results.
So much out there and not enough time to use as fully as we should. And these sessions really help in keeping us informed. Thanks,
January 18, 2011 at 10:31 am |
The EBSCO folders are useful to help patrons that are not physically in the library. You can do some research, save it to a folder, then share that folder. That information stays in the folder even after you sign out so working on a project/request can be done at any time (or any place!). I like the fact that the folders span all of the EBSCO databases. I can create a folder for NoveList then have subfolders for different authors/subjects. The eJournal Portal really expands your searching capabilities by not searching Full Text alone.
January 20, 2011 at 3:07 pm |
I haven’t used EBSCO before. I am amazed at all that is covered. It is especially helpful to switch back and forth between databases. This really expands the smaller libraries materials.