Posted on October 25, 2010 by Lauren
The bottomline is to enter all search terms in upper case – see below: Please note that over the next few days, we will begin migrating toward a new command line search requirement that all search tags be entered in upper-case ONLY, from the current lower, mixed and upper-case options. Here are the details of [...]
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Posted on June 28, 2010 by Lauren
EBSCO will soon release user interface improvements to our EBSCOhost subscription. While the release is still a few weeks from being implemented, I wanted to provide you with what the changes will be. I will communicate in more detail as the release date nears. The following information summarizes the most significant changes you will see [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2010 by Lauren
EBSCO has add the following new features to EBSCO Databases: Enhanced PDF Viewer: EBSCOhost features a special viewer designed to streamline the browsing of an entire issue, or all available volumes and issues, from one screen. There are also several helpful features to enable users to easily navigate and manage open PDFs, including: TOC column [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2010 by Lauren
Are some library vendors unethical in their business practices? Librarians, especially Reference Librarians need to be aware of the issues. View the latest blog article – Unethical Library Vendors: A Call to Arms for Libraries to Fight Back by the Librarian in Black in reference to this issue.
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Posted on April 2, 2010 by Lauren
The Librarian in Black is starting a new staff training today on their databases modeled after the “23 things” of self-paced online learning over a few months. Even though there a few databases covered which we don’t own, you may want to follow along at Database Delight Training. It will cover 13 weeks. This week [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2009 by Lauren
EBSCO has created a mobile website which they will be launching shortly. We have a sneak peak at for a short 7-10 day BETA period. They would like feedback on performance, overall functionality, and cosmetic issues as displayed on your individual SmartPhone/PDA. To access the BETA version of EBSCOhost Mobile, go to the following URL [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2009 by Lauren
We have added a link for EBSCOHost and the Hobbies and Crafts database on the Databases A-Z page. EBSCOHost is a single search of all EBSCO databases. Hobbies and Crafts is an unique databases of magazine articles and books on a variety of crafts.
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Posted on January 14, 2009 by Lauren
EBSCO Database Training February 24th – 11am @ CC – Virtual Training Room and session repeats at 2pm. If you have any specific training needs please let Steve Baskin know which databases you would like assistance with Please RSVP to Steve at baskins@lvccld.org; indicate which session you will be attending.
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Posted on July 23, 2008 by Lauren
EBSCO launched their new interface last week so if you have not tried a search in an EBSCO database I recommend you take a look. Besides the keyword searching they are now offering a visual search which I recommend you either really practice with or stay away from. I did a search in Academic Search [...]
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