HEALTH SOURCE

CONSUMER EDITION

SUBJECT AREA OF DATABASE

Health Topics
Medical Sciences
Food Sciences & Nutrition
Childcare
Sports Medicine
General Health

MAJOR FEATURES
Basic/Advanced Search
Search History(Print, Retrieve,
Save)
Create Alert
Tabs
Refine Results(Publication)

APPEARANCE DATE
The database let's you pick a start and
finishing date on the left hand side.
This particular database ranges from
1986 to 2016.

SEARCHING FOR PERIODICALS

On the left hand side of the
screen there is a Source Type
drop down arrow.
Here you can find different types
of sources such as periodicals.

SEARCH METHODS AND FIELDS

All Text
Author

Subject Terms
Abstract or Author-Supplied
Abstract

ISSN

ISBN

Journal Name

Title

Accession

Geographic Terms

EXPANDERS
Found under search options
Apply related words
Search within the full text of
the articles
Apply equivalent subjects

BOOLEAN OPERATORS
And: all search terms
Or: at least one
Not: does not contain
Parentheses
Nested Parentheses
Quotation Marks

DATABASE OFFERS
Only some of the articles for my
database were offered in full
text.
Of those offered as full text, both
PDF and HTML formats were
available.

SIMILARITIES
Overall the subject matter
containing health was the only
particular subject that set this
database apart.
On the other hand, the basic
function of this database was
similar to other EBSCOhost
databases.