creating individual accounts in proquest and...

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.