On campus, you can go right to it from the library's home page, at http://library.uaf.edu; choose "find articles", then "by database vendor". You can choose a database that Ebsco hosts by name. If you don't know where to start, Academic Search Premier is one of the broader, more generalized databases for most disciplines.

Enter a word or phrase that describes what your topic is in the boxes at the top of the screen. You can put one word per box, or enclose two or three word phrases in quotes.

Example: "children AND alcoholism" (in separate boxes) will search for every article that has the word "children" AND the word "alcoholism" in it.

Example: “performance enhancing drugs” (in one box) will search for every article that has that exact phrase in that exact order.

Off campus, you will have to login using your UAF webmail login and password. (Usually "fsXXX [at] uaf [dot] edu" ).

You can also search more precisely by using one of the optional “select a field” dropdowns. Example: “children” in TI “Title” will search for all articles that have “children” in the title. Leaving the “select a field” box unselected will search all fields by default.

Checking the “Full Text” box will return only articles that have the entire article online for you to read, email to yourself, or print. Leaving this box unchecked means that you may get some results that Ebsco only has the abstract for. You will then have to request the full article via Interlibrary Loan.

Checking the “Scholarly (peer reviewed) Journals” box will return articles only from professional peer reviewed journals (i.e., no newspapers or popular magazines.)

You may also narrow your search by date using the “published date from” option on the right side of the screen.

Do you have more questions? Choose the online EbscoHost “Help” in the upper right hand of the screen to find out about more advanced searches, or ask for help from one of the reference librarians.