EBSCO iOS App Tutorial

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The EBSCOhost iPhone
Application
Tutorial

Welcome to the EBSCOhost iPhone app tutorial,
a guide to using the many features of the
iPhone application version of EBSCOhost.
The EBSCOhost iPhone app can also be
downloaded and used on the iPod touch as
well as the iPad.

The EBSCOhost app is
available as a free download
from the iTunes App store.

After downloading the App, you will
need to send yourself an
authentication key from your
institution’s EBSCOhost account.
Click the EBSCOhost iPhone and
Android Applications link at the
bottom of the screen.
An email with an authentication key is
sent to you.
Access the email from your device
and click the link found in the email to
authenticate the application.
You have 24 hours to access the key
from your device to authenticate the
app. If the key is not used within 24
hours, it expires and you will need a
new key.

From the Home screen of the EBSCOhost
App, you can:
 Perform a keyword search using the
Find field.
 View Recent Searches.
 View your Saved Searches.
 View Saved Articles.
 Change your iPhone App Settings.

From the Settings menu, you can select
which databases to search.
In this demonstration, we’ll select to search
the Business Source Corporate
database.
You can also set your Search Options
settings:
 Full Text: Tap to limit all searches to
results that have full text available.
 Peer Reviewed: Tap to limit all
searches to results that are peer-
reviewed.
 Autocomplete: Tap to turn the
Autocomplete feature on.

To search the EBSCOhost app, tap the Find
field from the Home or Search screens.
The onscreen keyboard is displayed.
Enter your search terms in the Find field
and tap Search.

A result list with articles matching
your search terms is displayed.
Tap a result list item to view the
detailed record for the article.
Result List items with an Adobe
icon include PDF full text that
can be downloaded and
viewed on your device.
The Result List can be sorted by
date by tapping Date above
the list.
You can save your search by
tapping Save at the top of the
screen. Saved searches can
be viewed by tapping Saved in
the menu at the bottom.

If you rotate the device, you can
view the Result List in
landscape mode.
Scroll through the result list by
sliding your finger to the
right or left.
Tap a result list item to view the
Detailed Record for the
article.

From the Detailed Record, you can:
 Tap Results to return to the Result List
 Tap the Up and Down arrows to page
through the results.
 Tap Save to save the article's Detailed
Record and available Full Text to your
device.
 Tap to view the Detailed Record for an
article.
 Tap to view the HTML Full Text (if
available).
 Tap to download and view the PDF Full
Text (if available).
 Tap to email the article.

Also from the Detailed Record, you can:
 Tap an Author name to view more articles
by that author.
 Tap a Source title to view more articles from
that journal.
 Tap a Subject to view more articles related
to that subject heading.
 Tap a Database name to view more articles
from that specific database.

When you click the PDF icon, the PDF full text is
opened within the EBSCOhost app. Tap the
Back button to return to the Detailed
Record.
You can also save PDFs to third-party apps such
as iBooks and Dropbox by tapping the Save
to button.
After tapping Save to, select the application you
wish to save the PDF to and the file will be
opened in that app.

You can view your recent searches by tapping
Recent in the menu at the bottom of the
screen.
You can remove searches from the list by
tapping Edit in the upper-right of the screen.
Select the searches you wish to delete and
tap Delete.

Searches and articles you have saved can be
viewed by tapping Saved in the menu at the
bottom of the screen.
Saved searches are displayed by default. Tap
Saved Articles to view the articles you have
saved.
You can remove saved searches and articles
from the list by tapping Edit in the upper-
right of the screen. Select the items you wish
to delete and tap Delete.
You can also email your saved articles by
tapping Email in the upper left. Select the
items you wish to email and tap Send. An
email is opened with your articles added.
Then simply enter your email address(es)
and tap Send.

Tap the Help link on the Home screen to
view the iPhone application Help.
This concludes the EBSCOhost Mobile
tutorial.

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