Finding journal articles on EBSCOHost
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This document provides instructions for finding journal articles on EBSCOHost in 3 steps: 1) Go to the library homepage and click on "Databases A-Z" then "B" to access Business Source Complete, 2) Click on "EBSCOHost Web" to see available databases and select all, then search using keywords, 3) Results will appear with some having full-text PDFs available while others may require accessing through another database. Contact librarians for help.
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Finding journal articles on EBSCOHost
- 1. Finding journal articles on EBSCOHost Created for UWC, IFS132 By Lara Skelly July 2012
- 2. Go to the library home page: www.lib.uwc.ac.za.
- 3. Hover your mouse over “Information Resources” and a drop-down menu will appear.
- 4. Click on “Databases A-Z”.
- 5. On the page that opens, click “A-L”.
- 6. Then, click on “B”.
- 7. Scroll down until you see “Business Source Complete”. Click there.
- 8. Next, click on “EBSCOHost Web”.
- 9. You will see a list of all the databases that UWC has access to through EBSCOHost.
- 10. Click on the box next to “Select all”.
- 12. Type in some search words in the boxes provided. Remember to use a good search strategy.
- 13. And click on “Search”.
- 14. Your results will appear. Note that you can filter for only peer-reviewed articles in the box on the left.
- 15. On some records, you will be able to access the full-text immediately by clicking on the “PDF Full Text” link.
- 16. You can then read the full-text online, or download it.
- 17. If you find an interesting article without a full- text link, you might still be able to get it through another database. See the “eJournal A-Z” presentation on this guide.
- 18. For more information, or if you need more help, contact your librarians: Zona: Zkoen@uwc.ac.za Lara: Lskelly@uwc.ac.za CC-BY Sara Alfred (flickr)