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EBSCO Resources Workshop

Discover how to effectively use EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost Research Databases for research and information retrieval. Learn search tips and features available in both platforms.

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EBSCO Resources Workshop

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  1. EBSCO Resources Workshop Navigating EBSCO Platforms + Resources Tay Chiew Boon Senior Training Manager, Southeast Asia

  2. EBSCO Information Services Tay Chiew Boon Senior Training Manager, Southeast Asia Email: ctay@ebsco.com Contact no.: +65 9126 7263 Thanks for joining today’s session!

  3. Training Agenda 60 minutes EBSCO Discovery Service 20 minutes EBSCOhost Research Databases * Academic Search Ultimate * Art & Architecture Complete * Computers & Applied Sciences Complete * Engineering Source * Etc. 10 minutes Science Reference Center

  4. What is EBSCO Discovery Service ? EBSCO Discovery Service is a customizable discovery layer that provides libraries with the flexibility to bring together their collections into a single search platform.

  5. Single Search Box • Google is the single gateway to all things free • EDS is the single gateway to all things vetted

  6. EDS – 5 Key Steps

  7. Boolean Operators • AND is used between terms to narrow your search • diabetes AND obesity will retrieve references containing both search terms • OR is used between terms to broaden your search • diet OR nutrition will retrieve references containing either search term • NOT is used to omit a term from your search • cancer NOT smoking will retrieve references containing the term cancer, but that do not contain the term smoking

  8. Search Tips • The truncation/word stemming device is the asterisk (*) • dyslexi* will retrieve dyslexia, dyslexic, etc • The single character wildcard is question mark (?) • organi?ationwill retrieve organisation or organization • The multiple character wildcard is the hash (#) • colo#r will retrieve color or colour • Use quotation marks for “phrase searching” • “global warming” will retrieve references that contain both terms next to each other, in this exact order

  9. Search Features in EDS TI Keyword* AND (Keyword N5 Keyword) Command-Line, Boolean, Field SearchHistory Alerts, Saved Searches Folders

  10. Demonstration ….

  11. Mobile Access

  12. EBSCOhost Research Databases • Academic Search Complete • Art & Architecture Complete • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts • Science Reference Center • Engineering Source • Agriculture Plus • Computers & Applied Sciences Complete

  13. Academic Search Complete • Multi-disciplinary • Nearly 13,600 indexed and abstracted journals • More than 8,900 full-text journals • Full text for more than 7,800 peer-reviewed journals • PDF content dating back as far as 1887 • Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,400 journals • All updated daily Updated August 2017

  14. Computers & Applied Sciences Complete • Covers research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences displicnes • Indexes nearly 2,200 academic journals, professional publications and additional reference sources

  15. Cover-to-cover indexing for over 3,000 publications, including journals, monographs, magazines, and trade publications • Full-text coverage for over 1,700 journals Designed for engineering professionals and researches of all types, Engineering Source offers:

  16. ACTIVE JOURNALS THAT OVERLAP WITH LEADING ENGINEERING DATABASES (These statistics illustrate the extent of STM coverage in each full-text database)

  17. Platform overview… URL: http://search.ebscohost.com

  18. Science Reference Center Figures as of June 2016

  19. Examples of Major Periodicals in Full Text Most of these magazines are exclusive to EBSCO

  20. Examples of Major Reference Works in Full Text • Great Scientific Achievements • Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography • Yearbooks in Science: 1900 to present

  21. Platform overview… URL: http://search.ebscohost.com

  22. Quiz • What is the symbol used in a truncation search? • How many citation styles can you obtain from the “Cite” feature? • What is the feature used to track and save past searches?

  23. THANK YOU Tay Chiew Boon | Senior Training Manager, Southeast Asia Feedback: http://support.ebsco.com/trainingeval/ +65 9126 7263 ctay@ebsco.com support@ebsco.com

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