Training and ongoing support is primarily provided by librarians at member institutions. This web page offers a number of training resources in addition to those provided by member institutions.

Would you like to suggest additional training resources? Email your suggestions to info@ehlbc.ca!

Help Sheets

EBSCO databases:
  • EBSCOhost User Guide - Basic Searching, Advanced & Visual Searching, Result List, Article Details, Additional Features
  • EBSCOhost 2.0 Basic Search Help Sheet
  • EBSCOhost 2.0 Advanced Search Help Sheet: Guided-Style Fields
  • My EBSCOhost Folder Help Sheet
  • My EBSCOhost Account Help Sheet
  • EBSCOhost User Guide - Print, Email, Saving, Exporting and Citing
  • How to Search CINAHL in EBSCO: Step-by-Step Instructions (doc), created by Brooke Ballantyne-Scott, Fraser Health Authority
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    OvidSP databases:
  • OvidSP Fact Sheet
  • OvidSP Best Practices in Basic Search
  • Ovid Understanding Basic Search
  • Ovid Understanding Search Tools

    • Online Tutorials

    EBSCO:
  • Quick Introduction to EBSCO2.0
    Powerpoint | Flash Player
  • EBSCO Basic Searching for Academic Libraries (Flash Player)
  • Searching CINAHL with Full Text
    Basic Search | Advanced Search
  • My ECSCOhost Folder / My EBSCOhost Account
    Powerpoint | Flash Player
  • How to Create Search & Journal Alerts
    Powerpoint | Flash Player
  • CINHAL Search Tutorials (Flash | PDF), created by Duncan Dixon at Trinity Western University
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    OvidSP:
  • Search Overviews
    Search Page | Basic Search | Advanced Search | | Search Fields | Multi-field search
  • Search Results
    Working with Results | Applying Limits
  • Personal Accounts and Workplace Customization
  • Searching in MEDLINE
  • Finding Citations
  • MEDLINE tutorials (OvidSP): Learn to search MEDLINE for journal articles in Biomedicine, created by Jeremy Buhler, UBC Libraries
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    Resources for Administrators

    EBSCO:
  • EBSCOadmin User Guide
  • EBSCOadmin Trainer Guide
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    OvidSP:
  • Sign up for an online session with an Ovid trainer
    Ovid SP Administration Training

    • Resources for Librarians and Information Professionals

    EBSCO:
  • Request Complimentary Online Training
  • EBSCOhost2.0 Trainer Guide
  • CINAHL Trainer Guide
  • MEDLINE Trainer Guide | MEDLINE PowerPoint Training Session
  • Personalized Folder Trainer Guide
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    OvidSP:
  • Sign up for an online session with an Ovid trainer
    What’s new in OvidSP | EMBR | Medline
  • Introduction to OvidSP (Training Presentation)
  • OvidSP Train the Trainer
  • Limiting Search Results (Training Presentation)
  • Find a Citation (Training Presentation)
  • Find Citing Articles (Training Presentation)
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    Brown Bag Training Sessions:
  • Brown Bag Training Session Recordings
    Including EBMR | OvidSP | PubMed

    Since the time the recording made for an introduction to OvidSP originally aired, Ovid has renamed the tab named”Ovid Syntax” to be “Advanced Ovid Search”.

    In order to access the recordings, you will need:

    1. A web browser with Flash Player installed (if you don’t have Flash, you will be prompted to download it when you click on the Recording link
    2. Headphones or speakers
    • Tips & Tricks:
  • Using RSS Feeds and Blogging Software to Create a Targeted Current Awareness Website (doc), presented by Shannon Long, VCHA
  • Managing Autoalerts in Ovid and EBSCO (pdf), Krista Clement, BC Cancer Agency, PHSA
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