Searching EBSCOhost: Expanding Searches

Scope

• The default for searching in EBSCOhost is searching in the major indexes, including:
  • Citation, which includes Title, Author, Subject headings, and other basic indexes on the publication of a document.
  • Abstract
• EBSCOhost enables one to expand searches to cover more of each record.
• It does through the use of a limiter called "expanders"
• Note: Expanders are not available in the Natural Language search page.

Expanders

Expand your search to:

Also search within the full text of the articles

Also search for related words

• Also search for related words
  • Expands search and, thus, the range of results to include synonyms and plurals of your term(s).
• Also search within the full text of the articles
  • Expands a search for your keywords to include the full text of articles, as well as the standard citation indexes and the abstract.

     

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