Using EBSCO

Get to this wonderful online source Get to this wonderful online source from school or home . . . Through the from school or home . . . Through the

AOMS Library Reference websiteAOMS Library Reference website

What is EBSCO

EBSCO is a collection of databases of EBSCO is a collection of databases of newspaper, magazine, and encyclopedia newspaper, magazine, and encyclopedia articles and images forarticles and images for

StudentsStudentsProfessionalsProfessionalsGeneral Interest and InformationGeneral Interest and Information

Databases for Students Middle Search PlusMiddle Search Plus EBSCO AnimalsEBSCO Animals Funk & Wagnall’s New Funk & Wagnall’s New

World EncyclopediaWorld Encyclopedia Newspaper SourceNewspaper Source Health Source PlusHealth Source Plus Business Source EliteBusiness Source Elite Primary SearchPrimary Search MAS Full Text UltraMAS Full Text Ultra

Databases for Teachers ERICERIC MasterFILE PremierMasterFILE Premier Academic Search EliteAcademic Search Elite Professional Professional

Development CollectionDevelopment Collection

Of course – anyone can use any of Of course – anyone can use any of the available databases!!!the available databases!!!

How do you get to EBSCO?

Open Netscape Open Netscape (or another web browser)(or another web browser)

Go to this location – the AOMS Go to this location – the AOMS Reference webpage Reference webpage http://www.teleport.com/~http://www.teleport.com/~skelseyskelsey/reference.html/reference.html

…and here you are

Click on the

EBSCO icon

This takes you to the OSLIS Secondary school resources page

OSLIS –

Oregon

School

Library

Information

System

Here you can look at Tutorials about searching on the internet or doing bibliographic citations for webpages . . .

Click on the

EBSCO icon

again to enter

the databases

OR

At school, you will automatically enter EBSCO…

If you are logging in from home, you will be prompted for a User ID and Password

For Topic Search, EBSCO Middle School or For Topic Search, EBSCO Middle School or EBSCO High School use - - -EBSCO High School use - - -

User ID = oslisUser ID = oslis Password = middlePassword = middle

For EBSCO Elementary Host or Searchasaurus use - - -For EBSCO Elementary Host or Searchasaurus use - - - User ID = oslisUser ID = oslis Password = elemPassword = elem

Lists of databases available

Check the squares next to the databases you want to search . . .

Then press ENTER

Type in your search terms . . .

Check the box by Full Text to limit your search to whole

articles . . .

Then press SEARCH

You should get a list of articles related to your search terms. Click on their blue titles see each article.

Here is the article titled “Danger on Foot” - if you scroll down, you will see the

text of the article- there is a button for printing or e-mailing the article at the top and the bottom!

Just put in an e-mail address and a subject and press SUBMIT to e-mail the article!

Let’s do a subject search with EBSCO. . .

Open Netscape Open Netscape (or another web browser)(or another web browser)

Go to this location – the AOMS Go to this location – the AOMS Reference webpage Reference webpage http://www.teleport.com/~http://www.teleport.com/~skelseyskelsey/reference.html/reference.html