{"id":6390,"date":"2025-01-13T08:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/?p=6390"},"modified":"2025-01-14T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:39:49","slug":"search-tips-for-new-look-discover-and-ebscohost-databases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/2025\/01\/13\/search-tips-for-new-look-discover-and-ebscohost-databases\/","title":{"rendered":"Search tips for new-look Discover and EBSCOhost databases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-tips-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-tips-2-750x408.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6401\" width=\"807\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-tips-2-750x408.jpg 750w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-tips-2-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-tips-2-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-tips-2-100x54.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-tips-2.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Discover and EBSCOhost databases have a new look. Here are some quick tips for searching&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Type in your <strong>title or topic<\/strong> keywords&nbsp;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the <strong>filters<\/strong> under the search box to limit your results. The frequently used ones are right there, or look at what else is available under \u2018all filters\u2019. Remember to click on apply at the bottom, and to clear the filters when you no longer want them &#8211; particularly if you\u2019re starting a new search.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>advanced search<\/strong> for multiple search boxes, so you can expand your keywords \u2013 put synonyms in the same box with OR between them.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can <strong>save, cite, export<\/strong> to referencing software (under the cite button), <strong>add to project <\/strong>(your custom storage space), <strong>share or download<\/strong> any items. Look for the three dots on the results screen or click on the title to see the options.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The left-hand menu has <strong>My dashboard<\/strong> with anything you\u2019ve saved, recently searched, borrowed, requested, etc. There are also some <strong>handy links<\/strong> to Library help, web pages and supplementary search tools (including Google Scholar linked to Massey for more full text).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>Access options<\/strong> or <strong>Access now<\/strong> to find the full text of online material. The wording of this link may vary.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on <strong>Place request<\/strong> for pick-up or delivery of a print book. For delivery, please add your address to the comments box.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>URL in your address bar<\/strong> for any search results or individual items is stable \u2013 you can copy and paste it and get back to the results\/item at any time. No more looking around for permalinks!&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need help, please contact us on <a href=\"mailto:library@massey.ac.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">library@massey.ac.nz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover and EBSCOhost databases have a new look. Here are some quick tips for searching&#8230;&nbsp; If you need help, please contact us on library@massey.ac.nz&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discover"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6390"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6403,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions\/6403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}