EBSCOhost has moved to a newly designed graphical user interface. This relates to all EBSCO-databases licensed by the University Library:
- Academic Search Premier
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection
- American Bibliography of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ABSEEES)
- Business Source Complete
- Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS)
- Communication and Mass Media Complete
- Computer Source
- eBook Collection
- EconLit with Full Text
- Education Source
- Ergonomics Abstracts
- ERIC
- GreenFILE
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies
- MLA Directory of Periodicals
- MLA International Bibliography
- Political Science Complete
- APA PsycArticles
- APA PsycInfo
- APA PsycTherapy
- MEDLINE
- PSYNDEX Literature with PSYNDEX Tests
- Regional Business News
- SocINDEX with Full Text
- The Nation Archive (DFG), The New Republic Archive (DFG)
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
- LGBTQ+ Source
In the drop-down menus below the search mask, filters such as publication period, document type or peer review as well as various search modes (e.g. AND/OR operators, “Also search in full text”) can be set before the search is carried out. Depending on the database selected, a list of relevant publications and a subject thesaurus are also available:
Screenshot of the EBSCO-Academic Search: Filter options, search mode settings, publication lists and thesauri can be found – depending on the selected database – in the menu below the search mask.
After the search, a pop-up menu can be opened by selecting “All filters” below the search mask. Here, further filters can be defined:
Screenshot of EBSCO-Academic Search: Filter options after the search
The “Document available?” button can also be used to check directly whether literature without full-text availability in EBSCO is licensed via other university library services:
Screenshot of EBSCO-Academic Search: The “Document available?” button is used to check whether the document searched for is licensed via another service of the library.
Only the indexes previously offered (e.g. index of persons) are no longer available. Instead, name suggestions are made directly when an author’s name is entered in the Author search field:
Screenshot of the EBSCO-Academic Search: suggestions are made when text is entered in the search field.
The functionalities in the dashboard for saved articles and searches as well as for citation have been expanded.
For more information, see the introductory tutorials to the new EBSCOhost or contact the library. All databases can be accessed via DBIS.