EBSCO+-+Primary+Search

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 * About EBSCO - Primary Search:**

Sort by date ascending/descending, source or relevance Related content by source type, subject or publication || extensive, tabbed results || Aimed at elementary aged students but has “secondary-type” interface, Good for lower level readers Search in multiple databases Has search history Can limit by Lexile Dictionary Thumbnails of images-hover to enlarge ||
 * Database Name || Subject Area || Time Period || Result List Features || Help/About Information || Other Special Features ||
 * EBSCO - Primary Search || general encyclopedia topics || 1990 - present || HTML, Full-text, PDF, some w/only abstracts;



The homepage of EBSCO Host databases are the same for all databases. The differences are in the results that the different sites yield. To make this even simpler, EBSCO has a link at the top of the page that says "Choose Databases." The user can select to search through multiple databases at once, making the searching process much faster.

The top of the screen tells users which database they are currently searching.

The search options on the homepage allow users to specify what kind of search they would like to perform as well as what kind of results they would like.



Using an example search of "solar system" as the subject, the results show a number of different options for users. On the left, users may search within the results and narrow down the scope of their search by adding additional information that they are looking for.

At the top of the list of results are options to do an advanced search that gives users even more customization over the search criteria.

Looking at a result entry, the user is given the name of the article, the author, the source it came from, the topics the article covers, whether or not it is a full-text article, and which database provided the information.