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Tutorial. Guide no. 19 EBSCO Simple Search using BOOLEAN operators, limiters and tools. To access:. 1. From home page, look for the bar across the page, click on Library 2. Scroll down and select “Online Databases” 3. Select Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

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  1. Tutorial Guide no. 19 EBSCO Simple Search using BOOLEAN operators, limiters and tools

  2. To access: 1. From home page, look for the bar across the page, click on Library 2. Scroll down and select “Online Databases” 3. Select Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) 4. To register, from your USU e-mail send an e-mail to clopez@usuniversity.edu and request the access codes.

  3. Let’s move to the next slide and enter EBSCO databases through the US University Library (1). Click on Online Databases (2), Select “View Full Text Databases” (3). Select Academic Search Premier (4) and register in EBSCO (5). 4 1 • Ask the USU librarian for • ID & Password. From your USU • email to clopez@usuniversity.edu 3 5 2

  4. NOTE: It is important to learn the content of each database • And also to remember to that you will have to repeat the search strategy in the rest of the search engines, for example in JSTOR, DOAR, DOAJ, GOOGLE SCHOLAR, ETC. (See OPEN ACCESS tutorial) • If you are searching nursing terms, you also need to access PROQUEST & Nursing Reference Center (EBSCO) (See their tutorials).With EBSCO we can search SEVERAL databases in one search, let’s start our journey…

  5. Ask the USU librarian for ID & Password. From your USU account, email clopez@usuniversity.edu Then let’s select the databases related to our information need by clicking on each box. You can search EBSCO databases simultaneously all in one search. Click Choose databases • The above example is for searches related to Nursing and Health Science • If the search is related to history, art, literature, science, select Academic Search Premier, it is multidisciplinary and one of the best • If the search is related to education, select Academic Search Premier, ERIC (education database) and PsycArticles • If the search is related to business, select Academic Search Premier, Business Source Elite, PsycArticles & Regional Business News • If the search is related to business in healthcare, select all, except ERIC.

  6. The screen opens automatically to the advanced search option: Type the word, term, keyword, the title of the article, or the last name of the author. Remember to choose the correct field to limit your results. For example: Search for articles on critical thinking and college students and choose the field TI Title. Click the full text box and click search at the bottom of the page.

  7. By using quotations marks we can transform the words into a phrase. When using the Boolean operator “AND” we can search for words or phrases that appear together while using “OR” filters the search for one or the other word, synonym or phrase.In the next slide you will learn how to select the field & expand your results.

  8. You can also expand your search by searching the following phrases: “critical thinking” AND “college students” OR “University students.” By doing this we increased the number of results.

  9. Using the Boolean operator AND we searched for words or phrases that appear together while using OR as a second operator allows us to search for similar words and synonyms. Using quotation marks in words, it limits your results. Select peer reviewed, full text and search. In the next slide you will learn how to select the field.

  10. You can search from general to specific, choosing to search by all text, by abstract or by title. In this example, select title to reduce results to relevant documents. Your search depends on the number of documents you need for your assignment.

  11. You can refine your results by clicking “Peer reviewed”, and open “Geography” and select United States, or by “Age”, “Gender”, “Subject”, etc.

  12. Select an article of your choice by a clicking on the title.

  13. Many options open for you to continue your search. For example, you can look at the subject terms, the author’s keywords, or more works under the same author.

  14. You can e-mail the article to your yourself, save it into your computer, print the PDF, cite APA, and obtain the permalink. You need to “sign in” in order to “add to folder”, “create notes” and “create alerts”

  15. Go back to your search list results (where you signed in) and now you can Request an alert to receive future articles and also save your search

  16. Now you have to continue your own journey 1. Ten tips in how to search EBSCO 2. Review US University Guide to APA Style emphasis in electronic sourcesand Plagiarism 3. Check Evaluating Web Sites and Sources 4. Review Open Sources and Collections

  17. Thank you For taking the time to learn

  18. For more information Please contact M.L.S Catalina Lopez clopez@usuniversity.edu (619) 477 6310 ext. 2017

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