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Alphabetical order || [|EBSCO]
 * Sources || Summon || Catelouge || eBook || Databases ||
 * Advantages || * Searches everything
 * Advanced search || * Easy Access
 * Defined on where items are || * Allows full text
 * Refined search || Specific/detailed information
 * Disadvantages || * Article's sometimes, can not be featured || * Can be eventually become out of date
 * Limited by reserve collection || * Not all books online
 * Need internet || * Can be complex
 * Difficult to use if searching broardly ||
 * 1) Introduction to Ebsco
 * **Who is Ebsco?** A Data Base Communications Corp
 * **What does Ebsco offer?** A range of educational information
 * **Critical review – strengths and weaknesses (consider country bias, ease of use, resources available, help)**
 * 1) **How to access Ebsco?** Though the Notre Dame Library website
 * 2) **How to conduct a basic search?** Go to EBSCO>click [|All EBSCO databases]>Select the criteria that may help your search, then continue>Type your topic>Search
 * **What are your most useful limiters?** Choosing Full text, Publication date, weather or not its a peer reviewed article and document type
 * **Knowing the difference between an abstract and full text.** Abstract gives a breif overview of what the article contains, it will contain the the thesis question and the research methods used. Full text is the full text result.
 * 1) **How to conduct a subject search and its usefulness?** Go to EBSCO>Click subject that is required e.g Arts, Education or Health.
 * 2) **How to refine your searches?** Typing "And" or "Or" between topic words so that it doe snot search for the whole title but each individual word
 * 3) **How to get help using Ebsco?** Go to the EBSCO support site in the top right corner of the EBSCO home page. EBSCO Support Site
 * **Accessing help:** Support can be accessed by using the EBSCO support link, watching or completing tutoirials and even contacting EBSCO.
 * Useful tutorials:[] Videos and links to show how to use EBSCO
 * 1) **How to access Ebsco off campus?** Through the Notre Dame Library page, Google or type the URL.
 * 2) **What do you think is important?** EBSCO is important to use properly so that you can refine seearchs and get good relevant results for the topic you are researching.