Quick Start Guide to Searching EBSCO

EBSCOhost is a set of databases indexing periodical articles covering a wide variety of subjects. Watch the demonstration and learn how to:

• Enter search terms
• Use truncation
• Limit a search
• Print articles

Go to the Quick Start Guide to Searching EBSCOhost now.
(Use the back button when you've finished to return to this page.)

Practice exercise:
From this EBSCO link, select a database and try a search on a subject of your own choosing.

Remember, the truncation symbol for EBSCOhost is the asterisk ( * ), and it is placed after the root word to be most effective.

Questions on using EBSCOhost?
Stop by the Reference Desk in the main Library, visit a branch library, call Reference at 231-8886, or email the Reference Desk at help@earl.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu.