Help & Tutorials

ONLINE HELP AND TUTORIALS

  A guide to Dewey Classification or How

dewey brochure.pdf

EBSCO--ONLINE HELP AND TUTORIALS

EBSCOhost Tutorials
Advanced Search - Guided Style (3 min)
Advanced Search - Single Find (3 min)
Audiobooks on EBSCOhost (5 min)
Basic Search (3 min)
Creating a Journal Alert (2 min)
Creating a Search Alert (2 min)
eBooks on EBSCOhost - Downloading (4 min)
eBooks on EBSCOhost - Searching (4 min)
EBSCOhost Integrated Search (7 min)
EBSCOhost iPhone Application
EBSCOhost Result List (6 min)
Introduction to EBSCOhost (7 min)
My EBSCOhost (5 min)
Reading an Article in EBSCOhost (3 min)
Using CINAHL and MeSH Headings (6 min)
Using EBSCOhost Search History (3 min)
Visual Search (5 min)

Look at each database for HELP links. Some examples are:

EMERALD DATABASES

Boolean Searching

Broaden or narrow your search by combing words or phrases using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT.

The results of performing Boolean searches are sometimes illustrated by the diagrams below (called Venn diagrams.) The diagrams show graphically how

using the AND operator narrows a search,
using OR broadens a search,
and using NOT excludes material from a search.

Many databases and search engines have an Advanced Search interface that allows for Boolean searching; you can also try just using a Boolean operator in the main search box.

​ Operator	​ Example Search	​ The search will find...	​Venn Diagram results shown in pink
AND​	north carolina and prohibition​	items containing "North Carolina" and "prohibition." AND narrows a search, resulting in fewer hits.​	​
OR​	zimbabwe or rhodesia​	items containing either "Zimbabwe" or "Rhodesia" or both. OR broadens a search, resulting in more hits.​	​
NOT*​	mexico not new mexico​	items containing "Mexico" but not "New Mexico." Caution! It's easy to exclude relevant items.​	​