Searching in EBSCOhost

We receive 26 databases through EBSCOhost. The one you most likely will start

with will be MagillOnLiterature. To get there, look at the image below--you would

click on the very first link.

Ebscohost Intro Screen

This is the next screen you'll see. You'll scroll down to click on the

link to MagillOnLiterature Plus to search in that database

. MagillOnLiterature Database

Next, you would need to enter your search term(s)in the search box below.

I'll use "Raisin in the Sun" as example for the search.

You can deal with each article individually (in other words, print and cite one

at a time)or you can put the articles you are considering into a folder and

print/cite them all at once.This folder carries over from a search in one of

Ebsco's databases to searches in others of Ebsco's databases. You do that

by clicking on the "add to folder" phrase right above the

pdf or html information.

Results Screen for MagillonLiterature

Just as an example, let's say I added three of the articles in the list to my folder.

You can view your folder by clicking Folder view under the yellow bar to

the right, or in the blue ribbon on the top right. Here's a look at the folder I

picked for A Raisin in the Sun"

When you're ready to print, don't use the browser print! Make sure you

use theEbsco printer icon to print. This is important because when you

go through the Ebsco print commands, you'll get to the page below that

gives you the option to choose the MLA Citation style:

Then you'll get the screen that gives you the prints of all the articles

that were in HTML format, and you also get the MLA citations for all

of the selected articles:

Notice that there are 35 pages that will print.

Of course, if you're doing all this and have a word document open

at the same time, you can copy and paste the citations into your Works

Cited page. You do need to make sure you double space them.