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Education Source

Access

If required, login using your university email address 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

Education Source contains full text to over 1,800 journals and over 550 books and monographs.  It is the world’s largest and most complete collection of full text educational journals, covering all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education.

Click on the image below to watch the Using Education Source video.

Education Source video,

Date Range

Varies according to the journal - earliest title = 1929.

Size

Full text for 1,800+ titles.
Full text for 550+ books and monographs.

Features

Basic search to find a phrase or keyword.
Advanced search to combine searches using Boolean operators.
Visual searches produces a visual map of results organised by topic.

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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