Searching in EBSCO Tutorials
- Go to the library's website
- Click on Find Articles; use your Concordia login to access
- Select your databases, depending on your topic
- Select "Advanced Search" and put in your key terms
- Select the "Scholarly (peer reviewed) Journals" and "Full Text" boxes, then click the big, green search box on top
Tip: Experiment with your keywords and don't type out a sentence (it's not Google)
Remember: You can request articles that are not full text!
Requesting articles from the library is free!
Navigate CUC databases at anytime! If there are articles you would like but are not available in EBSCO, click on "Request this Item". Fill out the form and the library team will send the request to you via email as soon as possible. Please allow 4 days of processing time.
Look at the video below:
Request books from over 80 Illinois institutions!
How to request a book in the I-Share catalog from another institution:
- Go to the library's website
- Paste the ISBN or title of the book you are looking for in the search bar OR go to the I-Share Catalog homepage
- Make sure "All I-Share Libraries" is selected
- Click on the title of the book and verify that it is the edition you need
- Click on "Sign in"
- Click on CUC Students, Faculty & Staff Login
- Enter your CUC login credential is necessary--you will then see your name in the upper righthand corner
- Click on "I-Share" and verify your pick up location (it defaults to the Klinck Memorial Library)
- Click "Send Request" and an email will be sent to you to verify your submission and when the material arrives for pick up.
Tips for Using APA PsychArticles & APA PscyhInfo
1. Select specific EBSCO databases: APA PsychArticles & APA PsychInfo
These two databases provide a Methodology Filter to more easily identify Research Studies based on type of study. Go to All Filters and scroll down to Methodology along the right hand side.
2. Continue with traditional filters, Full Text, Peer Reviewed, All Time as needed.
Full Text identifies articles that are available TODAY in CUC databases.
Peer Reviewed identifies Scholarly Articles.
All Time identifies three different drop down time frames: Past 12 months, Past 5 years, and Past 10 years.
3. Don't forget to use Boolean Operators: AND, OR & NOT
4. Consider using PICOT Search Tool when using EBSCO databases. This tool allows you to formulate guided search boxes based on:
P - Population I - Intervention C - Comparison O -Outcome T - Time
Only the Population and Intervention boxes are required.
The PICOT search tool will take your keywords and build them into a Boolean search string as follows:
(Problem) AND ((Intervention) OR (Comparison)) AND (Outcome) AND (Time)
5. Remember: Social Work Research = Applied Research Put Into Practice
Research conducted with the purpose of solving problems by suggesting solutions to the problem which are based on the knowledge gained from that study.
Source: Dr. B's Research Class: Wl1: What is Social Science research?