How To Search EBSCOhost Databases for Articles  

Artist Robert Crawford

Create an account to save your work
     To use the EBSCO databases best, create an account.  This allows you  to save your searches, articles, images, etc. to a folder and then access them when you logon at a later date.  Now you have the articles in an electronic format and can cut and paste as you do your papers. If you don’t have an account, any searches you save to a folder will be lost once the session is ended.  There is no cost to an account.
   1. Once you have opened a database, click on Sign In To My EBSCOhost.
   2.  Click on I’m a new user.
   3.  Fill  in the information.  Your username and password are your choice.  Choose something you won’t forget.  Submit your application.

Other ways to save articles
     Once you have found an article, you may save it to a disk, your S:drive,  or a USB Flash Drive.  EBSCO allows you to e-mail the articles to yourself and/or others.  You then can access them electronically.  You may always print your articles. 

     EBSCO is a complier of electronic databases which access magazine and journal articles.  They call their collection EBSCOhost.  Neither EBSCO or EBSCOhost are a database or the name of any particular database. The EBSCO databases are the largest electronic collection in Baron-Forness Library. The largest academic database in their collection is Academic Search Complete.    Academic Search Complete (ASC) will be the example of their databases for this guide. All the EBSCO databases can be accessed off campus by Edinboro students, staff and faculty. 

     Go to the Library Home Page: Click on Find Articles.  From Find Articles, choose Academic Search Complete.  From here you can add any of the other EBSCOhost databases to your search. If you wish to search all the databases the library subscribes to click on All E-Resources A-Z.  To search by subject area click on E-Resources by Subject  

     If you are off campus, once you've clicked on a resource, you will be taken to a screen like the following.

Method #2 - Username/Password Logon (right box)
From the drop-down list of  institutions, select Edinboro University of PA. Enter the username and password you use to access the campus network. Note: if you haven't logged-on to the campus network recently and/or you're not sure of your password, you may need to reset your password and/or have your entire account reset at the HelpDesk in Ross Hall.

If you have any questions or continue experiencing problems accessing a resource remotely, please contact the Information Desk at (814) 732-2253.

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