creating individual accounts in proquest and...
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CreatingIndividualAccountsinProQuestandEbsco
Why?• Saveyoursearchesandfolderitems!Searchesarenormallydeletedattheendofabrowsersession–ifyouhaveanaccount,youcansaveforthelong-term!
• Createmultiplefolderstohelpyouorganizeyourresearchorshareyourfolderswithcolleagues!
• Setupalerts(greatforlong-termresearchprojects)–getnotifiedwhenanewarticlematchesyoursearchterms!
How?
InProQuest:Clicktheiconthatlookslikeaperson.Then“SignintoMyResearch.”
ONLINE LIBRARY http://library.national.edu
ClickthelinktocreateaMyResearchaccount.
NOTE:OnceyoucreateaMyResearchaccount,youwillneedtosignintoiteachtimeyouuseProQuest–meaningifyouareoffcampus,youwillsignintothedatabaseusingyourlibrary
credentialsasusual.AndthenyouwillneedtosignintoyourMyResearchaccounttosaveyourresearch.
OnceyouareloggedintoyourMyResearchaccount:
Saveitemstoyourfolderbyusingthecheckboxnexttothetitle.Saveyoursearchforlaterorsetupalertstohavearticlesthatmatchyoursearchcriteriaemaileddirectlytoyou.Viewyourfoldersbyclickingonthefoldericonatthetopofthepage.
InEbsco:Clickthe“SignIn”linkatthetopoftheEbscopage.
Clickthelinktocreateanewaccount.
NOTE:OnceyoucreateaMyEBSCOhostaccount,youwillneedtosignintoiteachtimeyouuseEbsco–meaningifyouareoffcampus,youwillsignintothedatabaseusingyourlibrary
credentialsasusual.AndthenyouwillneedtosignintoyourMyEBSCOhostaccounttosaveyourresearch
OnceyouareloggedintoyourMyEBSCOhostaccount:
TocreateanalertinEbsco,clickthe“SearchHistory”link(inpurplebelow).ThenselecttheRSSicon(inblue):
Saveitemstoyourfolderbyusingthecheckboxnexttothetitle.Viewyoursearchhistorytosetupautomaticalertsorsaveyoursearchtermsforlater.Viewandshareyourfoldersbyclickingonthefoldericonatthetopofthepage.