PR 680 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Ebsco Information Services

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Public Relations
• Course: PR 680
• Professor: Dr. Sungwon Chung

Document Summary

Ebscohost is a powerful online reference tool that offers a variety of full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. You can access ebscohost with the same features as you would have going on an online desktop computer. The basic search screen offers a simple, easy-to-use searching experience. The top tool bar offers additional features which can include a publication locator, subject browsing, and image collections. The features that are available vary based on the databases selected. You can add or change the databases being searched by clicking on the choose databases link. The window that appears includes all of the databases available to you. From here you can read a brief description of each resource by holding your mouse over the preview icon. When you have located a resource to add, click the checkbox next to the name and click ok.