University of Illinois Library

Online journals & databases!

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Searching UIUC librarys online journals and databases!

Go to www.library.illinois.edu to start searching for sources!

EASY SEARCH !

allows you to search by title, author, or keyword in a broad selection of sources!

provides you generic results from Multi-Subject Article Databases, E-journal and

Databases, Additional Recommended Resources, Books, Ebooks, Media in UIUC &

Illinois Libraries, Ebooks by Title and Chapter, and Web Search Engines!

DATABASES AND JOURNALS!

Select the second option of the drop down menu Online Journals & Databases!

This will direct you to more specific search results containing academic, peer-

reviewed journal articles based on your search parameter setting.!

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Searching UIUC librarys online journals and databases!

After clicking on Online Journals & Databases, you will be directed to this page:!

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Type academic search complete as your search parameter in Title: box and click Go!

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Searching UIUC librarys online journals and databases!

Click on EBSCO DATABASES under Academic Search Complete parameter!

You will be directed to this Discover full text page below, click Go!

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EBSCOhost: search & save articles into your own folder!

Click Sign In to log in, or to create a new account if you do not already have one:!

Signing in or creating an account allows you to save articles you search for into your folder!
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EBSCOhost: search & save articles into your own folder!

The most important step before searching is to check Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals!

The sample keywords for searching here is clean water access!

You can Refine Results by choosing Full Text or limiting Publication Date!

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EBSCOhost: search & save articles into your own folder!

When hovering your cursor over the magnifying glass next to the title of an article, you will
see a preview box of that particular article in which you can have a quick look at its authors,
source, date, publication type, subjects, and abstracts.!

You can also click on the name of the article to see its Detailed Record:!

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EBSCOhost: search & save articles into your own folder!

SAVE AN ARTICLE TO YOUR FOLDER !
1. Click on the blue folder icon on the right hand side of the article:!

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2. Once the article is saved into your folder, the icon folder turns yellow:!

DOWNLOAD AN ARTICLE !
Click PDF Full Text at the bottom of each search result to retrieve the PDF:!

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EBSCOhost: search & save articles into your own folder!

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In cases where full texts of some articles you would like to use are not provided on the
EBSCOhost databases, click on Discover full text to retrieve the PDF via other databases.!

ACCESS YOUR FOLDER!

You can view your folder by clicking on folder on the top right corner of the screen or on
the right hand side of the search results:

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