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EbscoHost Handout and Tutorial

EbscoHost is an electronic vendor that provides a suite of databases that Chabot College subscribes.  It contains the main, multi-subject database, Academic Search Elite, along with Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition, and a number of complimentary databases: Health Source: Consumer Edition, MAS Ultra, Military & Government Collection, Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia, Ebsco Animals, Clinical Pharmacology, and Primary Search.

How to Get Into, Search, and Read Citations in EbscoHost  |  Online Tutorial on Navigating EbscoHost
Detailed EbscoHost Handout  |  Emailing/Printing Articles  |  Finding Articles in the Library  |  Citing Articles
Ebsco Español

EBSCO HOST PERIODICAL DATABASES	Ebsco Host from Home
At the first window, click on . If your computer speed is slow or your browser cannot accept frames, or you are using disabled assisted software, click on   .	http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/ebscohostoffcampus.html

At the next window, place a check next to the database(s) of your choice and then click 
You will need to perform more specific searches compared to searching the Library Catalog.  Remember to use the connector, AND, in between your terms.  Remember: you want to search periodicals for more up-to-date material.
 

Enter your search statement here:  __________________________________________________
 
 

You can also search by ONE TERM at a time by clicking on. If you get results you do not want, click on  and perform a different search.  To view your past searches, click on .
 

By default, results in EbscoHost are listed by date, most recent first.  By clicking on the pull down menu on the top right of your results, you can change how you want your results, sorted.  Changing your results by relevance may help you in some cases.

Reading the Results List Screen

Reading the Top of an Article

When you click on the full record of a result, which should be clicking on the title (NOT the full text icon) you will read information about the article.  If you find a really good article and want to find more like it, clicking on links next to Subject(s), Source, or Author(s) may help.   Title: Bilingual education. Subject(s) : EDUCATION, Bilingual Source : Phi Delta Kappan  , May98, Vol. 79 Issue 9, p672, 6p, 1bw Author(s) : Rothstein, Richard Abstract : Focuses on the controversy surrounding bilingual education. The arguments of proponents and opponents of bilingual education; The history of bilingual education; The mixed findings on bilingual education. Database:  Academic Search Elite

Select an article from Ebsco Host and enter relevant information:

ONLINE TUTORIAL ON NAVIGATING EBSCOHOST
        http://support.epnet.com/CustSupport/Tutorials/advancedSearchGuided.html
Take a few minutes for an online demonstration on how to navigate the EbscoHost database.

EMAILING/PRINTING/FINDING/CITING ARTICLES

EMAILING/PRINTING AN ARTICLE
 

EMAILING/PRINTING ARTICLES

EMAILING An Article

1.       Make sure you have the article itself on the screen.  Otherwise, you may be emailing yourself a list of citations.

2.       Click on the Email button:  .  It is available on the top of the screen of each database.  On the right are Email buttons as they appear in our many databases

3.       You may be asked to make certain selections.  If you want full text make sure it is selected and then click on "Submit" or "OK"

4.       Enter Email address and then select "Submit" or "OK"

Printing An Article

1.      Make sure you have the article itself on the screen

2.      Click on the Print button on the EbscoHost screen: 

3.      Make sure Detailed Citation and Abstract and HTML text is available.

4.      From your browser, select Print Preview to Preview your print jobs.  When done, select print.

5.      If what you have is a PDF file, you need to click on the Print icon from the Adobe Acrobat toolbar itself, , otherwise you will end up printing a blank page.

6.      If you’re on campus, you will need to then go to a Go Print station to then use your Go Print card to pay for your print job (ten cents per page).  For information on how to Print on campus using the Go Print card, go to http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/handouts/printing.html 

 FINDING AN ARTICLE IN OUR COLLECTION

Welcome to Planet Oakland. New York Times, 8/29/2003, Vol. 152 Issue 52590, pA19, 0p; (AN 10820799)
Notes:  CHECK-OUT COPIES: Chabot, current 4 months. Las Positas, current 6 months' Sunday issues. Microfilm: Chabot has 1851-1906, 1912-1919, 1926 to now. Las Positas has 1973 on. OTHER DATABASES: Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe has June 1980 to now, full-text

PAPER COPIES:  If EbscoHost Notes state that Chabot has "check-out copies," that means paper copies are available for the years stated.  Go to the Periodicals Desk which is next to the elevator. Make sure that the dates we have in paper include the date indicated for the article.

MICROFILM COPIES: If Ebsco Host Notes state that Chabot has it on Microfilm, go to the green cabinets on the Mezzanine.  Microfilm readers are available on the wall.  For assistance in finding microfilm or using the readers, go to the Audio Visual Center desk on the Mezzanine.  Our microfilm readers contain a photocopier and the cost is ten cents per page.  Make sure the Notes field contains the year of the article you are seeking.

OTHER DATABASES: If EbscoHost notes state that full text is available in another database, go to link on the top right that says CHABOT COLLEGE, go to Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles and more and select the database.  Enter the title of the article and combine it with the title of the journal to conduct your search.  Make sure the database contains the year of the article you are seeking.

OTHER LIBRARIES: The Notes fields in Ebsco Host will also let you know if there are copies in paper and microfilm at Las Positas and in paper at Cal State Hayward-- covering academic libraries that are available to you, locally.   Also, check to see if the Library at California State University, Hayward has the title by going to: http://aphid.csuchico.edu/lso/hayward/search.asp or check to see if UC Berkeley has copies by searching the UC Berkeley Library catalog: http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8000/    You need to go to the other Library itself to find the article.  And remember, to make sure the Library contains the year of the article you are seeking before you go.
 

Citing an Article

Take a look at the MLA Citation Handout.  Take note that when citing an article from a Library Subscription Database such as the ones listed above, you need to follow special instructions.

MLA Citation Handout  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/cited.html

Article From a Library Subscription Database  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/cited.html#database

Using Ebsco Español (have computer translate articles to Spanish, French, or German):

1. Go to Magazine, Journal, Newspaper Articles and More
2. Click on any selection that begins with Ebsco Host
3. Click on
4. Select Mas Ultra for easy English reading level. Select Academic Search Elite for college reading level.
5. Enter your search terms in Spanish, French, German, or English, but use terms such as AND in between your terms.
6. Click on title of article and scroll down.
7. To change article that is originally written in English, select the pull down menu on top to the language you want translated to:



8. While the article would then be in another language (such as Espanol), keep in mind that the translation will not be accurate.
9. To compare English to Spanish, hit the Back button of your browser to go back to English and then Forward to read the article in Spanish
10. To print any articles, go to File and select Print Preview and then Print pages you want to print.

For more information on EbscoHost, there is a 39 page training manual available in PDF format, available at: http://support.epnet.com/custsupport/UserDocumentation/ebs_2065.pdf