What is a database?
A library database is an online searchable collection of information. Libraries buy subscriptions to databases so students can find useful and interesting information.
Library databases contain information like:
Why Should I Use EBSCO Search?
EBSCO is a research tool that is searches several databases simultaneously, so you can find the newspapers, peer-reviewed articles, and magazine in one simple search!
How Do I Use It?
View the 4 steps outlined below in "How to Use EBSCO Search".
Here's the Fun Part
Practice what you've learned by click on the EBSCO Search button and inputting the 1-3 keywords you used in the other databases into the EBSCO search field.
You can also add more relevant keywords to refine your topic (see the examples in the EBSCO Search Tips box).
NOTE: EBSCO Search does not include the Library's physical items like OneSearch, or any other non-EBSCO databases. In addition, full text searching is not included.
Search Tips:
Using Parentheses: Use these around keywords separated by the word "OR" to expand your search and get more results.
Example: immigration (latino OR latina)
In the example above, we are running two searches at once:
immigration and latino OR immigration and latina
Using the Asterisk (*): Use this to shorten a word and search for all possible endings of a root word. This will give you more results
Example: immigration latin*
This is searching for the keyword immigration and the keywords: latina, latinas, latino, and latinos.
NOTE: The asterisk * will bring back multiple results (e.g. latin* = latin AND latina AND latino...)
Step 1. Type in Relevant Keywords
Step 2 Limit Search to Full Text & select your Source Type
Step 3. Select a Relevant Article
Step 4. Access the relevant article
