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If required, login using 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

A database of over 2100 journal titles, 820 of which are full text covering agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts and urban planning.

Date Range

Varies according to the journal – some go back as far as 1888.

Size

2,265,500 records from more than 2,100 domestic and international titles.

Features

Basic search to find a phrase or keyword.
Advanced search to combine searches using Boolean operators.
Visual search 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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