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EBSCOHost Databases

• MasterFILE Premier• Middle Search Plus• Primary Search• Newspaper Source• MAS Online Plus• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition• Health Source – Consumer Edition• Clinical Pharmacology

Database Descriptions

MasterFILE Premier

• Designed specifically for public library • Provides

– full text for more than 2,100 general periodicals.

– Indexing and abstracts for more than 2,800 titles.

• Covers a broad range of disciplines• Database is updated DAILY.

• Database features:– 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews– 635 reference and travel books– 84,074 full text biographies– 86,135 full text primary source documents

• Offers a PDF back file as far back as 1975 for key publications such as American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, Library Journal and National Review.

MasterFILE Premier

Middle Search Plus

• Contains full text for nearly 150 popular middle school magazines.

• Indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines

• Full text information dates back as far as 1990

Middle Search Plus

• All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles)– Grade/Lexile Range

1 200 - 400 7 950 - 1075

2 300 - 500 8 1000 - 1100

3 500 - 700 9 1050 - 1150

4 650 - 850 10 1100 - 1200

5 750 - 950 11 1100 - 1300

6 850 - 1050 12 1100 - 1300

Primary Search

• Contains – more than 60 popular, elementary school

magazines– Indexing and abstracts for nearly 100

magazines– Over 100 full text student pamphlets

• Back files– Full text back to 1989– Abstracts back to 1984

Newspaper Source

• Contains– Full text for nearly 30 national (US) and

international newspapers– Selected full text for more than 200 regional

(US) newspapers– Full text television & radio transcripts are

provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc.

MAS Online Plus

• Contains– Nearly 300 magazines covering general

reference, health, science and other areas– Abstracts and indexing for more than 350

magazines.

• This database includes charts, tables, and graphs

Magill Book Reviews, CIA World Factbook and Essential Documents in

American History.

Health Source: Nursing

• Provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals

• Includes nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines

• Abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals

• Back files from 1975

Health Source – Consumer

• Provides access to nearly 300 full text, consumer health periodicals

• In addition to the full text there are indexing and abstracts for more than 300 periodicals

• Also includes– 1,100 health-related pamphlets– 135 health reference books– 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems Reports– Stedman’s Medical Dictionary– Clinical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology

• Contains current, concise drug monographs for all US prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs.

• Can be searched by generic or brand name

Image Collections

• 100,000 images• Photos, maps, and

flags

Can search by --keyword or natural language and category

Search categories:

Photos of People

Natural Science Photos

Photos of Places

Historical Photos

Maps

Flags

Searching the Databases

A word about truncation….

• * – place after root of word

• compos* will retrieve

compose, composer, composers, composition

• ?– wildcard replaces one letter– use when unsure of spelling

• ro?ling

Boolean operators

• Further define your search by using AND

jazz AND history

• Expand your search by using OR

internet OR web

• Limit your search by using NOTtelevision NOT cable

• Use parentheses when constructing search statements in basic Keyword or Expert search

(gore NOT clinton) AND election

Proximity operators

• N (near operator)family n5 farm

• W (within operator)mozart w1 effect

lance w1 armstrong

Field codes

• Limit your search by using field codes– Date

• technology and DT 9901-– Author

• AU carter, jimmy– Title

• TI napster– Subject

• SU Wall Street

The Tool Bar

• New Search• Subject Search• Magazine Search• Company Directory

Can include

specialized options

• Image Collections• Library Holdings• Choose Database• Online Help• Exit

Search Options

• Keyword Search

• Natural Language Search

• Advanced Search

• Expert Search

Keyword Search

• Select Keyword Search• Enter search terms, using Boolean operators• Select limiters or expanders• Click on Search

Example: olympi* and australia

Keyword Search

Natural Language Search

• Select Natural Language Search • Enter search terms, phrase or sentence• Select limiters• Click search button

Example: pollution in the chesapeake bay

Advanced Searching

• Keyword

• Natural Language

• Expert

Advanced Keyword Search

• Select Advanced Keyword Search • Enter your first keyword in the text box next

to FIND• Use LIMITERS to narrow your search• Use EXPANDERS to broaden your search

Example: internet articles found in the Business Week publication

Advanced Keyword Search

Advanced Natural Language

• Must select from within Natural Language

• Limiters include full text, magazine and publication date

• Special limiters are database specific

Expert Search

• Combine new keywords with previous searches

• Use field codes for more specific results

• Features:– Search history– Command line searching– Database specific limiters

Results list

• Displays search terms and database(s) searched

• Navigation arrows allow movement between results screens

• Can change display to show abstracts--Options

• Full text results are displayed• Article titles are links to detailed citation and

fulltext, when available• Search Web links--links to related websites

Advanced search results

Full record

Use Subject Search

Select Subject SearchBrowse within the following categories:

All, People, Products & Books,

Companies, Subjects

Examples: People > armstrong, lance

Subjects > drinking water

Companies > cargill

Drinking Water

Locate contents: Current Publication

• Select Advanced Search from opening search screen

• Leave keyword boxes blank

• Enter title of journal (newsweek)

• Enter month and date

• Select full text (if needed)

• Click on search

Delivery options

• Print/E-mail/Save

• How to cite– Includes citation examples for:

• MLA• APA• Turabian

E-mail & Downloading

Follow instructions to e-mail articles to your address

To download an article, click and choose File/Save As from the browser menu. Select Save when finished. Use the browser’s BACK button to return to delivery options screen.

For more information

• Online Help (while searching)• EBSCOhost Support Website:

http://support.epnet.com/– EBSCOhost Reference Center

• User Documentation– Quick Start Guides– Training Materials– Search Help Sheets– Technical Instructions