Search Tips and Tricks from EBSCO Training Session

April 6, 2011–Pamela Erickson, Implementation Specialist for EBSCO Publishing conducted a free hands-on training session for us at Farmingdale State College, Greenley Library.  Participants received a first-hand, in-dept look at EBSCO’s Alt HealthWatch database exploring the interface, basic and advanced search techniques and much more.

Fun Fact: Do you know what EBSCO stands for?
Answer: Elton B. Stephens COmpany

The EBSCO Support site, which was recently redesigned, now offers a variety of resources including tutorials, handouts, online training sessions and much more.  Visit http://support.ebscohost.com for more details.

Getting the Most with EBSCO’s Alt HealthWatch: FREE Training Session

Join LILRC for a free hands-on training session on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 with guest speaker Pamela Erickson.

Getting the Most with EBSCO’s Alt HealthWatch
Hands-On Training Session

Date: April 6, 2011
Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location: Farmingdale State College, Greenley Library

EBSCO’s Alt HealthWatch database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness and offers access to full‐text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer‐reviewed journals and reports.

During this hands-on training session, Pamela Erickson, Implementation Specialist for EBSCO Publishing, will lead the group on how to get the most out of EBSCO’s Alt HealthWatch database. This session will also focus on new enhancements to the EBSCOhost platform including the text-to-speech feature, improved user‐interface, EBSCOhost Mobile, and much more.

Presented by: Pamela Erickson, Implementation Specialist, EBSCO Publishing

Maximum number of attendees: 25

Click HERE for registration form.

EBSCOhost 2.0 Revealed

On July 29th, Nancy Grimaldi and Jim Kropelin from EBSCO provided a first hand look at the newly released EBSCOhost 2.0 Interface with a live demo session.  The biggest change is the look and feel (layout), which as Jim described, has become Google-ized and way more customizable.

With the new EBSCOhost 2.0 Interface you can:

• Drag and drop articles into folders and quickly view them without having to click on a link to the specific item using Visual Search.
• Enable Image Quick View in your Preferences, which digs deep for available images from inside the articles, including charts, photos, maps and illustrations.
  
• Create a search box widget for your library’s webpage, which can be customized to search specific databases, full-text and more.  Here’s an example (click on icon to link to directions on how to create the widget):

If you missed out on this live demo session, be sure to visit the online EBSCOhost 2.0 Support Center, which provided training guides, webinar information and additional resources including:

• EBSCOhost 2.0 Tutorial
• EBSCOhost 2.0 Training Schedule
• EBSCOhost 2.0 Demo (Flash version)