How to Use DeVry Library Databases
Paul Burden, Library Director
Devry University and Chamberlain College of Nursing, Tinley Park, IL Metro
Lloyd Wedes, Library Director
Devry University and Chamberlain College of Nursing, Houston, TX Metro
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How to Search EBSCOhost
Databases
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 n. b. If a patron has created a folder in which articles are kept, in order to have access to the folder, the
patron needs to login using the same link as was used when the folder was created.
 EBSCOhost is a collection of databases to which DeVry University has subscribed.
 The EBSCOhost collection includes any database on the page (http://library.devry.edu/library-databases.html)
which contains the word Ebsco in brackets after the name of a specific database; e. g., eBooks by EBSCOhost
[Ebsco].
 This tutorial will show an example of a search using the databases in EBSCOhost.
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For further assistance in searching the databases, please return to
http://library.devry.edu/research-help.html
and click on the link that corresponds to the database you wish to search.
Related tutorials:
How to Set Cookies to Access the Databases with IE8 (Power Point)
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LibraryCast 05: Cookies and Approved Sites (Audio)
Continue on for the How to Search EBSCOhost Databases presentation.
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How to Search EBSCOhost
Databases
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Go to
http://library.devry.edu
and click Databases.
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Since all of the databases we
will search are in EBSCOhost,
we will select the EBSCOhost
link to enter the databases.
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Your user name is your
D number (capital D)
and your password is
the year and month of
your birth (YYYYMM).
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Click on the Advanced Search link. This will allow us to choose the
databases we will search.
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We will select Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete and…
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Regional Business News. After selecting the database(s) you will use, scroll
to the bottom (or top) of the page and click Continue.
We selected the databases that are relevant to our topic.
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After selecting the databases, login to your Folder. After you are
logged in, you will see the yellow stripe in the EBSCOhost icon.
Now, the search begins.
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The first search term will be the word ethics. Type it into the box and click Search.
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This search yields 116, 411 results. After clicking on Subject:
Thesaurus Term, the list shows ethics as a Subject Term.
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We will change the search so that the search engine
will look for ethics as a Subject Term. Select Subject
Terms and click Search.
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This reduces the Results to 51,237 articles.
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Now we will add the second search term,
accountants and click Search.
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Now the Results List is down to 1,558.
The word accountants is used as a Subject Term
so change the Select a Field (optional) to Subject Terms
again and click Search.
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After changing accountants to a Subject Term,
we are now down to 973 articles.
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We will now add United States
and click Search.
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After adding United States as a search term, we are now down
to 315 articles.
United States is a Subject Term so change the Select a Field
(optional) to Subject Terms again and click Search.
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After changing United States to a Subject Term, we are now
down to 253 articles.
We are going to limit the search to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed)
Journals by checking the box on the left-hand side of the
page. The page will “gray out” and the change will be made in
the search.
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After limiting the search to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed)
Journals we are down to 149 articles.
We will now limit the search to publications from 2002 to 2013
by sliding the bar to the right until it reads 2002.
The page will “gray out” and the change will be made in
the search.
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We are now down to 49 articles. Now it is time to start
making your selections from the Results List. Scroll
through the list and, based on the title, see which articles
may serve as sources for your paper.
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Placing your cursor on the icon next to any article will open this window
and you can see the full Abstract (Summary) of the article. You can also
look at the Subjects used to describe the article and add them to your search
if need be.
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In addition, you can click on the Add to folder icon and the article will be
placed in your folder.
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The article has been moved to the folder.
Click on Folder View to see the article.
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The article is now available in your Folder.
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Clicking on the PDF Full Text link on the Results List will take you to the article itself.
You can also Print, E-mail or Save the article.
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In Help, there are more tutorials.
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Related tutorials:
Library Catalog
ABI/INFROM Global ProQuest
Britannica Online
Credo Reference
LEXIS NEXIS Business
Noodle Tools (Create Citations)
Credo Reference videos:
How to Use the Concept Map
Finding a Credo Book
Using Keyword Search
Using Advanced Search
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Other Questions? Chat with a Librarian at
http://library.devry.edu/ask-a-librarian.html
Or contact your local campus librarian
http://library.devry.edu/librarian-directory.html
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