Busse Library Web

MMC NOTEBOOK - NOTE #A14: SEARCHING EBSCOHOST DATABASES

Busse Library provides access to the following databases from Ebsco: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Business Wire News, Health Source: Consumer Edition, Health Source; Nursing/Academic Edition, MasterFILE Premier, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, Primary Search, Professional Development Collection and several others. You will find them linked in the various subsections of the Periodicals and Other Databases page off the Busse Library Web. Your may access them from off campus using passwords in your Jenzabar account or directly from the Busse Library Web

The first index to use for most assignments and subjects is the Academic Search Premier. It indexes a broad selection of scholarly and general interest publications chosen especially for college students.

The publishers of InfoTrac Web provide the following information to help with your searches.

Subject Search: Find articles by topic. Topics can be subject headings selected by Infortrac indexers, people (type last name first), companies, geographic locations, events, organizations and statutes.
Keyword Search: Find articles by matching words in titles, citations, and abstracts, or in the entire text. The result list runs from newest to oldest. It's usually best to search for only one or two words. If you enter more than one word, enter the most important word first, even if that looks backwards. Use one or more wildcards if you're unsure of spelling or want to search for variant forms of a word.
Advanced Search: Find articles by using any of several indexes, alone or in combination

A successful search will locate one or more articles, usually with links to related articles.

The left-hand column of each page lets you get help and navigate easily around the service. It may also provide you with links to special pages, such as a list of all the journals in the currently chosen collection.

Once you have performed a search, you will see a Dictionary link in the left-hand column. To look up a word on the screen, highlight the word, then click on the Dictionary link, and the word will be copied automatically to the dictionary entry spaces.

You may limit your search in several ways.

Limiting lets you impose specific controls on the search result to produce a smaller result set that is more precisely focused on what you want. The following are ways you can limit your search:

To articles with full text
To articles from refereed (peer-reviewed) publications
To articles published within a date range
By adding one or more words

More search tips are found on the Help Search link on Expanded Academic Index and BusinessFile ASAP pages.

See the Reference Librarians with your questions.

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