Quitman High School

You immediately land on the “K-12” page and it has a “Database A-Z List” with the letters of the alphabet underneath. Click the letter that corresponds to the first letter in the name of the database you want (see list below) and then click the name of the database.
Or, there’s a link for “High School Resources” toward the upper right and you can click on that. You’ll find links to all of the following resources on that page.

Finding what you need – ALWAYS check FULL TEXT when searching in EBSCOhost

Magazine or Journal articles
- Academic Search Premier - (always check “full text”)
- Student Research Center - (check the type of information source you want included in your results)
Books
- Book Collection - (click Advanced Search underneath the search box and find the box for “Publication Type” - select “book” and always check the box for “full text”)
- History Reference Center - (click Advanced Search underneath the search box and find the box for “Publication Type” - select “book” and always check the box for “full text”)
- Student Research Center - (check the type of information source you want included in your results)
Literary Criticism sources
- Literary Resource Center - (type in your topic and click “Browse Works”)
Encyclopedia
- you should NOT be using an encyclopedia as a source if you’re in high school, but if you do need one DON’T use Wikipedia use Encyclopedia Americana (link on High School Resources page or scroll to the bottom of the K-12 page and click Grolier
Biographies
- not on the High School Resources page,
- on the K-12 page scroll to the very bottom and click Wilson, then click Biographies Plus Illustrated

What’s with the results list? (EBSCOhost databases)

Summary of the article – click the TITLE of the article and look for the abstract – that’s your summary
HTML Full Text or PDF – As long as HTML Full Text appears for your article on the results list, you’ll be able to get the whole article usually on the same page as the abstract (if not, then click the words HTML Full Text). If the article you need is only available in PDF then you’ll HAVE to click PDF to get the entire article to appear. You can get the summary of that article the same way – click the title of the article on the results list. You just won’t see the whole article unless you click PDF.
Printing – Be smart and click the picture of the little printer at the top of your article … saves you paper and ink and makes your librarian happy
Folder options – You can add all the articles you want (or the ones you want to look at more closel) to a folder by click the “add to folder” option on the results list. To retrieve them click the Folder link at the very top right on the dark blue skinny menu line. This is a really, really handy little feature.
Citations – If you’re not using a citation maker already, then EBSCOhost will create your official citations for you. Click the print button for you article, make sure you uncheck full text and check the box for citation format, choose the format you’re using (MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, etc.) and click Print … then copy your Works Cited citation and save it somewhere safe!
Creating an account – You can create an account in EBSCOhost by clicking “Sign in to my EBSCOhost” link at the top right on that dark blue skinny menu line. You’ll need an email account to do this. What this does is allow you to save what you place in your folder. When you come back later and sign in to your EBSCOhost account, the stuff in your folder will still be there. Nice, very nice.

created 11/19/08 last updated 11/19/08