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TutorialGuide no. 29

EBSCO ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER AND USE OF INDEXES


Why use the INDEXES ?• EBSCO indexes provide a number of documents under a

specific term. • This information helps to formulate the research topic. • The difference between “Subject Term” and “Index Term”

is that the first tells you what words or terms to use, and the “Index Term” tells you how many documents the database holds under that term.

• First, look for the correct term in the “Subject Term” and then find out how many documents are in the “Index Term.”

• Do you think you have retrieved relevant information?• Why not verify it by searching the “Index Terms”?


Let us review how to access the USU databases. Click Student Services from the USU Home

page.

1. Click library.

2. Scroll down and

look for the database or

source.

3. By scrolling down you will find more databases and important links. Take a

moment to open all the links. They

cover local, regional, national

and global information.

Some links will ask you for ID and password,

others are open access or free.

Now click “Academic Search

Premier Full Text” (EBSCO).


In order to optimize your time while searching databases, you will need to study the correct words, terms, or keywords appropriate to each document. Also you

will note the number of documents. Click the “More” link at the top of the EBSCOhost screen.

*Ask USU librarian for ID and Password at

[email protected]

3. Type search term in the “Browse For” box; For example: Human genome. Select “Subject Term”

from the “Browse an Index.” Click “Browse.”

1. If you are searching multiple

databases, several

“Indexes” will appear in the

drop-down list. Select the

“Index” that you want to search. 2. Then the “Index” search screen

appears.


Let us find additional terms, e.g. “Cancer Research” to the “Index” search on the “Human Genome.”

4. Select a field from the drop-down list,

for example:“Subject Term.”

5. Click “Browse”

to list your search

results in alphabetical order,

beginning with your selected

term.

6. Mark the check box next to the term you want to select. Repeat steps 3 to 6 to add more items to

“Browse. “


Note research done from results: Click “Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals”


Notice the difference between:

Search by INDEX field. Search by SUBJECT term.

The “Index” tells you the number of articles in the

database.

The “Subject Term” tells you the right terms to use.


Remember to check the INDEX not only for “Academic Search

Premier,” but for all the EBSCO databases.

.


Let us know if you need assistance

Catalina Lopez

clopez@usuniversity or

(619) 477 6310 Ext 2017

THANKS