tutorial no. 24 create alerts and files in ebsco
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Access all your searches done in EBSCO HOST
ESBCO HOST WILL HELP YOU CREATE YOUR OWN FILES AND SAVE SEARCHES
& ARTICLES LIKE YOU DO ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER
Please create your own EBSCO account for the following services: Search alerts, publication alerts, saving all your searches and articles in
EBSCO server. Select the Sign In option and after that Create a new Account.
Complete all the information requested and write down your user name & password in a place you can remember.
Your name will appear at the top of the page. Always check your name to be sure you can save your results. Before saving, first create a new folder by clicking the
New icon
Write in the folder name, the course number and name or your subject searches, and in notes the terms or the assignment.
Click the New Search
You have registered yourself into EBSCO HOST and opened the file CRITICAL THINKING where you will file your
results.
Now let’s do the search and apply what we have learned
Your name should remain at the top of your results page. We will search “critical thinking” and “learning” in the “field AB Abstract.” Click
the Full text box and Peer Reviewed Journals. Select the period from January 2000 to July 2010 and click SEARCH.
From the previous search we retrieved more than 250 full text documents. Limit the search using the same words but selecting the
TI TITLE in the field option and sort them by relevance.
Now start selecting your articles and saving them into your folder, CRITICAL THINKING. Click Add to folder and save them by selecting critical thinking. When you have finished filing, please open your
folder to verify what you have done.
Open your CRITICAL THINKING folder and verify your results before logging out or continuing with the alerts assignment.
Let’s go back to your results by clicking back
Now, continue with EBSCO ALERT service for searches and publications
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO CREATE EBSCO’S PUBLICATION ALERTS
•From the search results•Directly from the Publication list
After you open the option, select Create an alert and write in the email address where you want to
receive the alerts.
Click on Alert/Save/Share. After the option opens, select Create an alert and write the email addrewss
where you want to receive the alerts.
If your are trying to request an alert and you receive the following
answer,It means that you need to sign in to
your EBSCO HOST again.