All Belgium Campus iTversity students now have free access to EBSCOhost.

What is EBSCOhost?

EBSCOhost is an intuitive online research platform with quality databases and search features. It is used by thousands of institutions and millions of users worldwide.

What you can do with EBSCOhost

• Access millions of high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers.
• Download all your textbooks and access them offline at home.
• Make and save notes in your digital textbooks.
• Organise your digital study material into easily accessible folders.
• Export citations in a number of formats directly from the database.

Steps to access EBSCOhost

1. Visit https://www.belgiumcampus.ac.za/library.


2. Download all your textbooks and access them offline at home.


3. Make and save notes in your digital textbooks.

Alternatively, log in to Teams and click the ‘Library’ tab at the top of the page.

EBSCOhost Training Material

Watch the videos below to learn how to make the most of EBSCOhost:

1. Introduction to EBSCOhost a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwdvCs9aFKQ
• i. Searching EBSCOhost
• ii. Using the Result List
• iii. Previewing Articles
• iv. Using Search history


2. EBSCOhost Advanced Searching a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7-HO19Xxb0
• i. Using the Advanced Search Page
• ii. Boolean Operators
• iii. Proximity Searching
• iv. Field Searching
• v. Truncation


3. A Quick Search for Journal Articles for a Literature Review (EBSCO & Google Scholar) a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEMj20lSA9I
• i. When you are struggling to find articles


4. EBSCO Connect a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLq5IeYmGDM


5. EBSCOhost – Citing Articles a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG3hbjW0FfY


6. Creating a Search Alert in EBSCOhost a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQik-bA8YB0


7. Creating Journal Alerts in EBSCOhost a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye31Fa_Lzxk


8. EBSCOhost Folder Alert and Features of the Personalisation Folder a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBbqqVqPQvE b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQfhnaQ6H14
• i. Create an account
• ii. Organise your folders
• iii. Save results lists
• iv. Save your search
• v. Sharing articles or searches
• vi. Personalise your experience


9. EBSCO Create Citations (APA) a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH0b4geqP2o


10. EBSCO Mobile App a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdiz0PynqbI
• i. How to use the EBSCO mobile app



Need additional assistance?

Visit https://connect.ebsco.com/s/?language=en_US and use the EBSCO Connect Search bar or ‘Contact Support’ button. This page also contains FAQ and other support services.