PerformingASearch

=  **__~Performing a Search on EBSCOhost~__** =

To perform a search on EBSCOhost, type the subject of your search in the search box. To narrow your search, there are different options, including **basic**, **advanced**, and **visual search**. You can also save your search history and retrieve old searches for later use with **search history/alerts**.

When you get to the EBSCOhost screen, choose a database and click continue. Then choose one of the following options for your search:


 * Basic Search**:

In Basic Search, you can select search modes (i.e., Find all my search terms, Apply related words, Find any of my search terms, etc.) You can also limit the results you get in a search based on whether you want to see the full text, selecting the number of pages you wish to see, the publication an article or image is from, other users' reviews, type of images, and when an article or image was used.


 * Advanced Search:**

In Advanced Search, you can further limit your results by type of document, type of publication, scholarly reviews, the full PDF text, and searching for the cover story.


 * Visual Search

In Visual Search, you are shown interactive results to help you narrow down your topic. Enter your search term, and there appears two sections of columns to the left of the search results area: "clusters" in blue, and articles in green. The "clusters" allow you to narrow down your result to find the one you really want. To further narrow your results, there is an option to filter by date. ** There is also an option to view results in boxes instead of columns.


 * Search Results**

When searching "euthanasia" in visual with the date filter set at 1985-2009, I got 10 clusters: euthanasia, United States, lead, ecology, cholinesterases, book reviews, blood analysis, partition coefficient, and reproductive toxicology, and 10 articles.

When searching "capital punishment" with the results limited from 1998-2009, there are 71 results. You can sort these results by relevance or title. You can further limit your results with the box on the right. On the bottom of the page, you are given a filter to show how much of the articles you want to see (i.e. brief, titled only, detailed, etc.) and how many articles listed per page. There is also a small box on the right for related information.