HISTORY An EBSCO database

available through
REFERENCE The Idaho Falls

CENTER Public Library

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TO LIBRARIES.
Research that
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has full text articles
from peer reviewed
magazines.
Full text means you can
get the entire article
immediately within the
database you are using. 
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Academic and scholarly
articles are from peer
reviewed journals. 
 What is Peer
reviewed?

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 • Two or more specialists review the article.

• Article is revised many times before publication.

• Academic, scientific, or university publishers

publish these articles.

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 • The information can be trusted.

• Peer reviewed articles are found in scholarly

databases, like History Reference Center.

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• Over 1,700 historical encyclopedias
and reference books
• A full-text database
https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/history-reference-center
• Magazines and academic journals
• Over 56,000 primary source documents

https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/history-reference-center
• Content from leading history publishers like
Oxford University Press and Houghton Mifflin
• Biographies on over 72,000 historical figures.
• Text-to-speech for HTML to listen to articles.
• Content from over 140 leading history journals
• 639,000 full-text records
• Find scholarly articles for assignments.
• Browse U.S. and World History by historic era
• Search for specific subjects and historical events
• Download and save articles
• Source citation generated for different formats
• Research and citation help within the database
This tutorial will demonstrate:
•How to access History Reference Center
•Basic Search Strategies
•How to use citation tools
 How to Access
History Reference
Center
 Go to the Idaho Falls
Public Library website

http://www.ifpl.org
Scroll to the bottom.
Find “For All Idaho
Residents”.
Find “History Reference
Center” in the list.

Double click on the words.

 Enter your
library card
number.

Click the sign in button.

History Reference
Center opens
 Search bar

Opening
Screen Citation Help is
in the Reference
Shelf
 Browse individual sources on
specific subjects by clicking here.
Read about the featured
history topic by clicking
this link.
Click here to Browse
topics in U.S.
History
Here you can browse
by topic or by a
timeline of historic
eras.
 U.S.
History
Timeline
Browse by the highlighted
topics or choose historic eras
shown on this timeline.
Click here to Browse
World History.
Here you can browse
World History by topic
or by a timeline of
historic eras.
 World
History
Timeline
Browse periods of world
history by specific year or
choose a highlighted topic.
Basic Search

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Enter topic
or keyword
 Click Search

The database will bring

up a list of results.
 BASIC SEARCH
ON THE CIVIL WAR.
Type “civil war” in search box
The search box gives
suggestions to refine
your search.

Select civil war us 1861-1865

The basic
search for “Civil
War, U.S. 1861-
1865” brings up
141 results.
The database lets you
choose limits to refine the
results.
Limit results here
• By full text
• By date
• Source
• Publication title
For example, there are
36 results from books,

And 16 results from

academic journals.
Symbol icons represent
different types of resources.
Resource Types

Peer reviewed articles from scholarly publishers.

Full-text books about your topic.

 A biography about a person linked to your topic.

Newspaper or magazine articles.

These are not peer reviewed.

Primary source documents are from the time period,

like letters or newspaper articles.
Article from encyclopedias or historical reference book.

A short article talking about a book

or article on the topic.
 Click on the
relevance menu.
 Use the relevance
menu to sort by the
most current articles
or books.
Or sort by author to
find a specific author.
 Double click a result to
look at the information.
 Within a result you
can save the article
and create the
bibliographic citation.
 Here you can
choose HTML or
PDF format to
save files.
 Citation Tool

Click on the Cite

icon to bring up a
list of citations in
different formats.
Choose the format
you need for your
citation.
 Save the citation in
the format you need
for
Citation Tool future use.
Click Result List to return
to your original result list.
Find citation help and
guidelines in History
Reference Center.
Do a deeper search:
• Pay attention to terms from other articles.
• Use some of those words to expand your results.

In the Civil War example, try:

• Abraham Lincoln
• Battles
• Generals
Cite Sources
 Why Cite Sources?

Cite or list the articles you read

or used for an assignment.
The list of articles and books
you studied is called:
• References
• Bibliography
• Works cited
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Citing sources shows you have read what
experts have written about the topic.

Citing sources shows where you did

your research.

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Other people can locate the same
articles to study.

Gives credit to the authors who did research.

Acknowledge direct quotes and ideas

from others
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Knowledge, waiting to be discovered.
 What will you find?

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 Thank you for taking the time to learn
more about EBSCO’s History Reference
Center at the Idaho Falls Public Library.
Please contact me if you have any questions:
Aleisha Stout
Children’s Library Supervisor
Idaho Falls Public Library
Student, Master of Library Science at Dominican University
astout@my.dom.edu

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