Monday 24 March 2014

Linking to articles in DISCOVER

Last week a student came to see me who was panicking. She had searched DISCOVER and found some vital articles for her assignment but had then simply copied the URL at the top of each page into a Word document. When she tried clicking on the link to retrieve her articles she couldn't find them.

To avoid this happening to you I would recommend setting up a personal account with DISCOVER and saving any useful articles that you find. This is really easy to do:
  1. Go to DISCOVER.
  2. Click on Sign In (top right of the screen).
  3. Click on Create a new account on the Sign in to my EBSCOhost page.
  4. Fill in the form (make a note of the username and password you choose).
  5. Click the Save Changes button.
You've now created your own account with DISCOVER and can save any articles you add to the Folder so they'll be waiting for you next time you sign in.

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