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 * **Source** || Summons || Catalogue || eBook/Ebrary || Databases ||
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Intorduction to Ebsco.... Ebsco is a database of databases; it provides buisnesses, educational institues and libarays, worldwide, access to online databases. Ebsco databases contain many types of publications including: articles, journels, newspapers, eBooks, magazines, book reviews, bibliographys, images and abstracts. Ebsco provides many search options and ways to refine searches makijg it a very useful database to use. Some disadvantsges of Ebsco include. It is an American companie so search results tend to lean towards american issues and findings. You can acess Ebsco a few different ways throught the University of Notre Dame Library wesite. One way is lookng at the quick links
 * 1) The framework for the Guide is listed below:
 * 2) Introduction to Ebsco
 * 3) Who is Ebsco?
 * 4) What does Ebsco offer?
 * 5) Critical review – strengths and weaknesses (consider country bias, ease of use, resources available, help)
 * 6) How to access Ebsco?
 * 7) How to conduct a basic search?
 * 8) What are your most useful limiters?
 * 9) Knowing the difference between an abstract and full text.
 * 10) How to conduct a subject search and its usefulness?
 * 11) How to refine your searches
 * 12) How to get help using Ebsco?
 * 13) Accessing help
 * 14) Useful tutorials.
 * 15) How to access Ebsco off campus?
 * 16) What do you think is important?