Advanced Researcher Tools

Most bibliographic databases have the ability to customize your search experience.  This is a list of the major features of the major databases.

If you are signed into Google Scholar, you can SAVE articles to your profile to read or cite later!

MyEbscohost allows you to save articles to a folder so that they will be waiting for you next time you sign in.  You can also save searches so when you return to Ebscohost you will not need to begin your searching all over again.  You can custom-create folders within MyEbscohost to organize your research.  You can also share folders of your research with other Ebsco users.

With a ScienceDirect profile you can manage your search alerts, topic alerts, and journal and book-series alerts.

Citation managers, like Zotero and Mendeley, will help  you keep track of your sources for your research (references) by providing a central place for you to store and organize your references.  Citation managers will also generate in-text citations, footnotes, and bibliographies in many standard citation styles from your references.  They can be Web-based, browser-based, or desktop software. 

By using a citation manager you can:

• Stay organized by collecting all of your references in one place.

• Easily cite your sources and create bibliographies in your preferred citation style.

• Prevent plagiarism.

• Save time!

Try out Zotero, Mendeley, or another citation management system to be come more efficient with your research.  Use our Citation Management guide to learn more.

MyJSTOR has many functions. You can save citations, create search alerts and journal alerts. In MyShelf, you can select articles in the Register & Read program to read for free.