EBSCOHost Research Databases

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1 EBSCOHost Research Databases EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. The comprehensive databases range from multidisciplinary full text collections to subject-specific databases. I. Access HKUL Homepage at > Electronic Resources > Key English E-Resources > EBSCOhost research databases Off-Campus Access :. HKU Staff or Students - EZProxy. HKU SPACE - SOUL Platform 3. Circle of Friends (Platinium -Alumni) - EZProxy Details please refer to HKUL Homepage > Technical Support > Off-Campus Access II. Choose Databases Click on the <Continue> button to proceed. Academic Search Premier is selected by default. You may select more than one title for searching. - -

2 Major Resources Available : Databases Nature Subject Note Relevant. Academic Search Premier ( Full Text ) Multidisciplinary FT from over 3,600 peer-reviewed. ATLA Religion Database ( Index ) Religion More than.3 million bibliographic records 3. Communication & Mass Media Complete ( Full Text ) Journalism, Communication & Mass Media FT from over TOC Premier ( Table of Contents ) Multidisciplinary Over 3,000 TOC of the most recently published 5. Econlit ( Index ) Economic More than 735,000 records 6. ERIC ( Index ) Education Over,000 educational & education-related 7. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Multidisciplinary Over 5,000 articles covering different areas 8. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts ( Abstracts ) Library & Information Sc More than 600, plus books, reports & proceedings 9. MEDLINE ( Index ) Medical Sciences More than 4, The Serials Directory Directory Library & Information Sc Information & pricing of popular periodicals. EBSCO Animals Encyclopedia Biodiversity, Ecology & Zoology Nature & habitat of familiar animals. CINAHL & Pre-CINAHL ( Full Text ) Nursing More than, SPORTDiscus ( Index ) Sport & Fitness Over 650,000 records of articles, books & dissertations - -

3 III. Search Cases Case # Locating a publication : PC Magazine. Locate the publication Select <Publications>. Enter the publication title. PC Magazine 3 Click <Browse>.. Browse the publication by issues 4 Click on the publication title. Click on the issue to browse its article list. 5 PC Magazine v.3 n.0 p.43 What is the article title? - 3 -

4 Case # Finding an image : Dolly. Find an image Select <Images>. Enter your terms in the search box dolly 4 Click <Search>. 3 Limit your search if necessary.. Download the image Click on the image. 5 Can you find Dolly's picture? Who is Dolly? - 4 -

5 Case #3 Searching journal articles on a topic : Negotiate with your Customers. Analyse the Topic Concept Negotiate Customers Related Terms Negotiate Negotiating Negotiation Customers Customer Consumers Consumer. Search by keywords Select the appropriate boolean operator. Enter your terms in the search boxes 5 Click on the Search button. negotiat* customer* or consumer* Peer Reviewed 3 Tick "Peer Reviewed" to find articles assessed by experts. Periodical 4 Select "Periodical". This will exclude newspaper or magazine articles - 5 -

6 3. Evaluate the results Which record is more reltated to our Topic? (Hint: Examine their Subject Terms and Abstracts) Recrod A Managing Change in Software Process Improvement. Mathiassen, Lars; Ngwenyama, Ojelanki K.; Aaen, Ivan. IEEE Software, Nov/Dec005, v. no. 6, p.84-9 Record B (amendment) How Consumer to Lose Persuasion: Customers. The Brodsky, Use of Norm. Evidence Inc., When Jul005, Negotiating Vol. 7 Issue the Price 7, p49-50 of a New Automobile. Seiter, John S.; Seiter, Debora L. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Apr005, v.35, p Modify the search Here are the Subject Terms from the more related record. Select keywords to modify the search : Subject Terms: Subject Terms: *CONSUMER satisfaction CONSUMERS *CUSTOMER relations INVOICES *CUSTOMER NEGOTIATION services in business *NEGOTIATION PRICES in business *CUSTOMER SALES personnel retention SELLING consumers negotiation SU Sujbect Terms SU Sujbect Terms SU Sujbect Terms SU Sujbect Terms 5. Get the articles From the result list, if the article full text is not found, check against HKUL Catalogue or WebBridge if we have it in the HKU Libraries. Check HKUL catalogue Link to a full text source, if available in HKUL. Full text available - 6 -

7 IV. My EBSCOShost. Create a personal account Click <Sign in my EBSCOhost>. Select <I'm a new user>.. Put items into My Folder After signing in My EBSCOhost, all marked items are shown in My Folder permanently. Marked items are shown in My Folder. Click on the folder to mark this item

8 3. Save Searches / Alert Select <Search History / Alerts>. Select <Save Searches / Alerts>. Searches Retrievable in My EBSCOhost Alerts Perform the search automatically and send the new result list to you by 4. Sign Out My EBSCOhost Important Remember to sign out My EBSCOhost!!! - 8 -