OSU Libraries

So the other day I was working on a research question, and I was trying to find an article that I know is out there - I know I saw it while I was working on this project.  And I tried and tried to remember the search terms that I used that other time so that I could find it again.

Everyone knows to save their work, right?  (Even if we don't do it as often as we should).  But have you ever thought of saving your research work - saving the stuff you find, and even the searches that you do?  The EBSCOhost databases at the library let you save your work online.  This can be a huge time-saver if you:

Regularly work on more than one computer.

Want a safe backup for your work in case something goes wrong.

Are working with a group of people on the same research project.

Here's how:

Go to the library homepage at http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu (if you click this link now it will open in a new window).

These steps will work in any database that we get from the company EBSCOhost. If you're not sure where to start, Academic Search Premier is a good starting point for most searches.

 

 

Click the link at the very top of the page marked Sign In to My EBSCOhost --

 

 

The first time you will need to register with EBSCOhost to create your account.  The link to do this is kind of hard to see --

 

 

Create your username and password, and then you're good to go.  You save things to your My EBSCOhost folder the same way that you save things to a temporary folder. Once you have things in your folder, they will stay there until you delete them.

 

And now when you log on, your folder has items even before you do any searches -

 

 

You can create folders within your big folder - save things by topic, or by project name, or by class number, or anything that makes sense to you.

 

Play around with what you can do here - you can save your searches and more.

If you have any questions, contact me (anne-marie.deitering AT oregonstate DOT edu).