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Resources Toolbox: Database Searches
The library's licensed 360 Search, EBSCOhost, and CSA Illumina database services allow you to create custom search links or boxes and place them in your Blackboard Vista courses or other Web locations. Since these are licensed services, anyone using one of these custom links or search boxes from a non-NAU network connection will be prompted to authenticate with an NAU ID or password.
360 Multi-Database Searches
EBSCOhost Database Searches
CSA Illumina Database Searches
360 Multi-Database Searches
The 360 Search service allows you to search pre-defined, multi-database sets for various topics or pick the specific databases you want to search.
Select the 360 Search topic set from the list below, type your search terms in the box, and click Go! to generate copy-and-paste code for search links and boxes. If you leave the search box blank, you will only see code for creating a blank search box aimed at the target search set.
Tip: enclose phrases in quotes, e.g., "presidential campaigns" and fundraising. For more 360 Search information and tips, see the basic and advanced help guides.
EBSCOhost Database Searches
The library's EBSCOhost databases provide access to 
journal articles and other research content on a wide range of subjects. You can create links that load mulitiple EBSCOhost databases into a basic search screen, links that generate pre-defined search results in select EBSCOhost databases, or search boxes that you can place in your Web pages or online courses.
Select the EBSCOhost database(s) for which you want to create a link or search box, type your search term(s) in the box, select the search type (Boolean/Phrase, etc.) and click Go! to generate copy-and-paste code for search links and boxes. The options you will see-- a link and a search box -- will contain the search term(s) you entered. If you don't enter any search term(s), your options will include a link that loads the database(s) you selected into an EBSCOhost basic search screen and a blank search box aimed at the database(s) you selected.
This is a "beta" version of a new tool for generating EBSCOhost search links and boxes. Tell us what you think of the tool and how it can be improved.
More on EBSCOhost search types
- Boolean/Phrase. Select for more precise search results. Enclose phrases in quotes ("") and use Boolean operators (and or not) between phrases/keywords. Example: "economic recovery" and taxes (finds records which include both the phrase "economic recovery" and the keyword taxes somewhere in the description)
- Find all of my search terms (default). Select for more expansive search results based on two or more keywords. Separate keywords with spaces. Example: taxes economy recession (finds records which include all of the keywords you entered somewhere in the description)
- Find any of my search terms. Select for the most expansive search results based on two or more keywords. Separate keywords with spaces. Example: politics congress president (finds records which include any of the keywords you entered -- one or more -- somewhere in the description)
CSA Illumina Database Searches
The library's CSA Illumina databases provide access to research literature in the biological and life sciences, geology, medicine, sociology, and political science, among
others. You can create links that load mulitiple CSA Illumina databases into a search screen, links that generate pre-defined search results, or search boxes that you can place in your Web pages or online courses.
Select the CSA Illumina database(s) for which you want to create a link or search box, type your search term(s) in the box, and click Go! to generate copy-and-paste code. The options you will see-- a link and a search box -- will contain the search term(s) you entered. If you don't enter any search term(s), your options will include a link that loads the database(s) you selected into a CSA search screen and a blank search box aimed at the database(s) you selected.
This is a "beta" version of a new tool for generating search links and boxes. Tell us what you think of the tool and how it can be improved.
CSA Illumina Search Tips
Examples:
- You can search for a phrase: e.g., climate change
- Entering climate change and deserts will find records with both the phrase climate change and the word deserts somewhere in the record. Use and between phrases and words to narrow your search.
- Entering climate change or global warming will find records with one or both of the phrases somewhere in the record. Use or between phrases or words to expand your search.
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