Using Pioneer Library for Research

EBSCO

Accessing Pioneer Pioneer

Library is a valuable research resource and will be used in this class

There is a link to Pioneer on the left hand side of your EHS home page

Password You can link directly to the site from

EHS or you can type in http://pioneer.uen.org

Log in name: pioneer Password: friend

Excellent Resources The page

that comes up will look like this

For this class, we will be using EBSCO and SIRS Issues Researcher

Using EBSCO EBSCO is a

great site for research

This is the first screen you will come to

When researching a topic, click on the “College/University” Database

Using EBSCO The next screen

can be a little confusing

This is a list of all databases that you can search.

If you have a really specific topic, you can click on certain links

I often “Select All” when beginning but it may slow down the search

Using EBSCO This slide is

where to begin your actual “search”

You need to click the “Full Text” box or you will only get summaries of research articles

Using EBSCO The next step can

be the most difficult You need to enter

your search terms This database is so

big that you need to be very specific to get helpful results

Use quotation marks to search for specific phrases

I used “increasing” and “high school graduation rate” to narrow my search

Using EBSCO At this

point, your search results will appear

On the left hand side of the page, you can refine your search

Using EBSCO Good research is vital to good writing Spend time getting the most valuable

and helpful resources for your topic Writing will be much easier with good

resources, don’t rush through this process