Research guides: Single Search (EBSCO Discovery Service): Dashboard

Using the Dashboard

Available in the column on the left side of the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), the Dashboard is where you will find your Projects, Saved items, Searches, and items you've viewed. Use your personal (MyEBSCO) account credentials to log into My Dashboard.

Questions? Email libraryresearch@camosun.ca to contact Camosun Librarians.

NOTE: The Dashboard is NOT connected to your other Camosun accounts!

Using the Dasboard in the new EDS (Single Search) interface
Creating Projects in the New EBSCO Interfaces
The new EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCOhost, and Explora interfaces include the ability to create Projects. Projects enable you to collect and organize the items you find in EDS.
Creating and Managing Search Alerts in the New EBSCO User Interfaces
Search Alerts save valuable research time, and can be set up to provide automatic e-mail notification whenever new search results become available. You can also retrieve those alerts to perform the search immediately, instead of waiting for the alert to run.
How to Create and Manage a MyEBSCO Account
When signed in with a MyEBSCO account, you can use the features of the Dashboard to permanently save and manage your research.
MyEBSCO and the Dashboard in the new EBSCO user interfaces
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a MyEBSCO account as well as how to use the features available in the Dashboard when signed in with your personal account.

Introduction to My Dashboard Tools in Single Search

Search History

After running multiple searches in the new EBSCOhost or EBSCO Discovery Service, you can use the Combine searches feature in the Recent activity area of the dashboard to combine them into new searches.

Click here for instructions