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Access

On and Off-campus access is via your University of Cumbria login details - a pop-up box will ask you to enter your username and password.

The new look Ebsco interface is now live.  

We have the following guides to help you use the new website:
Quick Guide to Using Ebsco Eresources  
Advanced Searching in Ebsco Eresources 
Subject searching

Key updates:

  • Searching functionality stays the same in terms of entering keywords, building search strategies and viewing results
  • Any previous saved searches you had should have carried over into this new look
  • Ability to save and download more results than previously
  • A ‘Recent Activity’ log of searches and viewed records
  • New ‘Add to Project’ feature to save results for specific named projects
  • A new MyEbsco area which includes access to projects, saved items and recent activity log

If you previously created custom folders in the old version you will get a report to work with when you first login again.  Visit the Ebsco guidance for assistance with this. 

Any queries please email skills@cumbria.ac.uk  

Full Details

A full text database of over 5,500 journals in most subject areas including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic and multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,500 journals.

Date Range

Varies according to the journal – some go back as far as 1887.

Size

Over 5,500 journals including more than 4,600 peer reviewed titles, plus over 10,000 publications including monographs, reports and conference proceedings.

Features

Basic search to find a phrase or keyword. Advanced search to combine searches using Boolean operators. Subject search using the index of subject headings.  Guide to Subject searching.

Search Tips

Searches can be refined to just full text articles, or by date, by publication, by publication type, or to articles which contain images.

Other information

Some journals have an embargo, so there may be a delay before recent issues are made available.

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