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EBSCO eBooks: Searching

Video: Searching EBSCO eBooks

This short video (1:36) will introduce you to searching for books in the EBSCO Ebooks database. For more information on searching, including how to perform an advanced search, scroll below this video.

How to Search for Ebooks

1. Enter your search terms in the search box and click the Search button (see first screenshot, right).

2. A Result List of ebooks related to your search terms is displayed (see second screenshot, right).

3. Click the title of the ebook (in blue) to go to the Detailed Record (see "Reading & Citing" tab above for more info).

4. Click a Full Text link (PDF or EPUB) to read the book online in your computer browser, with options to save/print/email (see "Reading & Citing" tab above for more info).

5. Click the Table of Contents link to view the chapters of an eBook. You can go directly to a chapter in the eBook Viewer tool by clicking on a hyperlinked chapter. (Sections in the Table of Contents with a plus sign (+) can be expanded further by clicking the plus sign.)

Source: EBSCO Connect

For help with advanced searching in EBSCO, please watch the video below.

Searching Screenshots

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Source: EBSCO Connect

Video: Advanced Searching in EBSCO

The video (2:38) below will show you how to conduct an advanced search in EBSCO databases.

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