Going Mobile
What can you do on your iPad through the FHU Library?
What is Ebsco?
Ebsco is a provider of research databases. The FHU Library has around eight Ebsco databases, giving you access to thousands of fulltext articles from scholarly journals.
What does the app work on?
iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad running iOS 3.0 or later or Android 2.1 and up.
You can also always use Ebsco databases on the web too.
You can also always use Ebsco databases on the web too.
About the Ebsco App
We have several fulltext databases through Ebsco, notably in Religion (ATLA), Education (Education Research Complete), and Health/Nursing (CINAHL). Now all these databases and more are available through an app on your mobile device.
Pros: • It's easy to search for scholarly, fulltext journal articles straight from the app
• You can save articles directly on your device for offline access later.
• You can also save pdfs to other apps, like Dropbox or iBooks, or you can email them to yourself.
Cons: • You can save articles directly on your device for offline access later.
• You can also save pdfs to other apps, like Dropbox or iBooks, or you can email them to yourself.
• Even though Ebsco has thousands of eBooks, those aren't available through the app yet. But they still show up in the results as if they're available, which is confusing. If you want to use eBooks on a mobile device, try the Ebrary app instead. If you want to weed out those eBooks from your results, you can go to Settings and remove the eBook collection from those you're searching.
How to set up the Ebsco App
There are two main stages to setting up the app:
1) Get the Ebsco app
• Get the app for Apple devices from the iTunes store; or
• Get the app for Android devices on Google Play; or
• Just search the App store for Ebscohost.
2) Authenticate the app
• Get the app for Android devices on Google Play; or
• Just search the App store for Ebscohost.
• Go to any Ebsco database on a browser, such as Education Research Complete
• If you're off campus, you'll have to enter your FHU credentials.
• Click the EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Applications link at the bottom of the page.
• Enter your email address and you'll get an email with an authentication key.
• On your mobile device, click the link in the email to authenticate.
• If you're off campus, you'll have to enter your FHU credentials.
• Click the EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Applications link at the bottom of the page.
• Enter your email address and you'll get an email with an authentication key.
• On your mobile device, click the link in the email to authenticate.
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 John Wilson Contact Info jwilson@fhu.edu 731-989-6373 Loden-Daniel Library |
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