EBSCO english (Cinahl, ASP, Business Source Complete...): Starting point and Thesaurus

This Libguide is a guide on how to search the EBSCO databases. Below is a list of the databases available to SDU employees and students. 
They are topic-specific, which means different focus for different target groups.
Search one database at a time when you are searching systematically.

Guidance on searching within fields at SDU that use EBSCO databases:

• Business see Business Literature Search guide
• Health Sciences see Health Sciences
• Design see Designkultur (in danish)
• Media see Medie og Kommunikation (in danish)
• Pedagogy see Pædagogik og Uddannelse (in danish)
• Social Sciences see Samfundsfag og Statskundskab (in danish)

SDU employees and SDU students can access all EBSCO databases.
In the databases link to full text articles are available.

OUH employees has access to the EBSCO databases Cinahl, Global Health and AMED

We recommend that you start with a keyword search in an index (controlled keywords).
The keywords can be found in the dark blue bar, and they are called e.g:
”Cinahl Subject Heading”,"Subject Terms" or "Thesaurus".

This gives you an overview of the controlled keywords and can give you suggestions for new relevant keywords.

Here's how you do it:
Select e.g. Thesaurus
Type in your keyword and click on Browse

Select one or more controlled keywords by checking the box and click Add.
Click on the keyword/term if you want to see the subterms and check the box to add them as well.
If you want ALL the narrower terms included, click Explode
When you are done adding keywords, click on Search or Search Database
The search result shows which controlled keywords/terms have been searched in the Thesaurus. In the example the controlled terms are called DE. In other EBSCO databases they may have different names for the keywords/terms.

There may be an option for Scope Note, which describes the controlled keywords.

TIP! remember to click on Clear between each search (otherwise your previous search will be repeated!).

In some databases e.g. Cinahl you can select Major Concept for a subject term, then you will only find records for which the subject is a major point of the article. Searches could be limited with specific qualifiers (Subheadings) to improve the precision of the search, but these can also be left out.

If you select both Explode and Major Concept, you retrieve all references indexed to your subject term (and its narrower terms) AND all articles for which the subject heading is a major point of the article.