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Brief Description: Gateway to all EBSCOhost databases including Business Source Complete, Academic Search Premier, EconLit, PsycInfo, Communications & Mass Media Complete, Medline, EBSCOhost EJS and more.. It is comprised of many databases including: Business Source Complete, Academic Search Premier, PsychInfo, MLA International Bibliography, etc. Access Restrictions: Students, Faculty, Staff, and Walk-In Alumni and Visitors may use. | Citing Articles
Basic Steps
Advanced Search Tips
Viewing, Printing & Saving
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Citing Articles
APA Style Example: - Bellmann, M. (2001, June). Freeing managers to innovate. Harvard Business
- Review, 76(6), 32-33. Retrieved June 21, 1999, from EBSCOhost Business Source Elite database: http://ehostvgw5.epnet.com.
For additional APA examples, visit the APA Site. | | MLA Style Examples: - Bellmann, Matthias. "Freeing Managers to Innovate." Harvard Business Review
- June 2001: 32-33. Business Source Elite. EBSCO. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 8 July 2003 <http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6510123>.
- Cooling Trend in Antarctica. Futurist May-June 2002: 15. Business Source Elite
- EBSCO. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 8 July 2003 <http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6510123>.
- Datamonitor. "Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. Company Profile." Business Source
- Elite. 4 July 2003. EBSCO. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 8 Nov. 2003 <http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=102>.
For additional MLA examples, visit the MLA site | 
Basic Steps
| In the FIND text box, simply type in your search terms. You can also choose to limit your search to Full Text only, a specific journal title, journals that are peer reviewed, or date published. If you are not getting many results, you may want to expand your search by checking the also search for related words or search within full text articles checkboxes. To search Datamonitor company profiles, click on green COMPANY PROFILES icon. Search for your company, choose PDF Complete Report.
| Advanced Search TipsSearch Syntax | Search Type | Format | Example | Boolean Searching
| AND
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( ) to group synomyns or similar terms | entrepreneur* and team*
entrepren* or intrapren*
(entrepren* or intrapren*) and interviews | | Truncation | * (asterisk) | entrepreneur* (searches for entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, etc.) | | Proximity - Same order | wX | market w2 share | | Proximity - Any order | nX | market n2 share (would search for "share of the market") | | Wildcard | ? (question mark) | wom?n | | Segment or Field Searching Databases use different codes to allow you to search by specific field. This can help to narrow your search to a specific publication, author, or date. | | Type of Search | Formatted Example | Source or Journal/Magazine Title
| SO Newsweek | Author of Article
| AU Spinelli | Viewing & Printing Options | Mark the items you wish to print and click the PRINT/EMAIL/SAVE icon at the top of bottom of the result list. You have many options, including to print/save/email the full text (detailed info). The abstracts and full text articles can be printed, saved to disk, or emailed to you.
If you would like to have the page images in Adobe Acrobat PDF format as well, they will be emailed to you separately as a direct link to the article. You will be required to connect to and log into Ebscohost to view the page images. You may want to view the full image articles individually and print them as you go along, instead of marking them.
| Scope | EBSCOhost is comprised of the following databases: - Business Source Complete
- Academic Search Premier
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
- Regional Business News
- EconLit
- MLA International Bibliography
- PsycInfo
- Medline
- ERIC
- MLA Directory of Periodicals
- The Serial Directory
Also included are Datamonitor Company Profiles, a company overview and often a SWOT analysis. Click on Company Profiles for access. | | Access Restrictions: | Students, Faculty, Staff, and Walk-In Alumni and Visitors may use. | | List of Titles: | Indexed | Full text | | Years of Coverage: | Varies, some content back to 1920s | | Number of Simultaneous Users: | Unlimited | | Durable links: | Available | | Customer Support: | 800-758-5995
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Not connecting? Check out our troubleshooting tips. Questions or continued problems, call the Library Information Desk at 781-239-4596 or submit a Problem Report. | | Updated August 23, 2007
By Frances Nilsson | |
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