EBSCOhost databases

All EBSCOhost databases will shortly be moving to a new user interface.

Take Action Now if you have a personal account in EBSCOhost databases.

• For UCL staff and students the databases will be switching to the new interface on 31st July 2025.
• For NHS staff, accessing EBSCOhost databases through NHS England OpenAthens, the switch will be later this year. We will provide updated information once a precise date for this has been confirmed.

If you have a personal MyEBSCO account, permanent saved searches and articles stored in the My Folders area will transfer to the new user interface automatically when you sign into the new interface with your existing personal account. These searches and articles will be available in a My dashboard area in the new interface.

What you need to do now:

1. Content in the following sub-folders within the My Folders area will not be migrated.

• Persistent Link to Searches
• Search Alerts
• Journal Alerts

Save details of any searches that will not transfer. You can set up equivalent search alerts and journal alerts in the new interface. You can run and save searches in the new interface.

2. Content in the My Custom and Shared By areas will not be migrated.

If you have articles saved in Custom Folders in the classic interface, you will need to log into the new interface, once it is available, to download this content as it will not be transferred automatically to the new interface. You will have until  31^st December 2025 to download the content from your Custom Folders. Or, you can copy these articles from Custom Folders into the Articles section of the standard My Folders area in EBSCOhost classic so that they will migrate.

Further information can be found on EBSCO Connect.

Select the results that you wish to capture:

• To select a single result, use the folder to the right of the result. 
• To select a page of results, use the Share button at the top right of your search results. 

To view the selected results, select the Folder icon  on the black menu bar at the top of the screen. In the Folder, select the results that you wish to output and then use the menu at the right of the screen to:

• Print: Choose which fields to print, which citation style, and whether to include your search history. You can optionally select a checkbox to Remove these items from folder after printing..
• E-mail: Options are similar to those for printing. You can e-mail your results to yourself or another person.
• Save as File: Options are similar to those for printing.
• Export: Export formats include RIS, for exporting to reference management software such as EndNote, Mendeley or Zotero.

If you wish to save the results you have added to the Folder more permanently, you can create a free EBSCOhost account and, once you have signed in, the results in your Folder will automatically be stored. 

To create an account:

• Select Sign In at the top of the screen.
• Select Create an account towards the top of the screen, and complete the online form.

When you subsequently return to an EBSCOhost database, you will be able to sign in and view any results that you previously added to your Folder. You can also create named custom folders to store your search results.

To create a custom folder:

• select the New link at the bottom of the left hand column on the My Folder screen;
• give your folder a name;
• select Save.

The new custom folder will appear just below the New link at the bottom of the left hand column. You can select references that are in your Folder and use the Copy To and Move To buttons above the list of results to move those references into your new custom folder.

You will also be able to add individual search results to your custom folder using the folder to the right of the search result. The image to the right shows a custom folder called 'Anaesthesia'.

If you are working with large numbers of results and wish to export your entire set of search results:

• Click on the Share button at the top right of your search results.
• Select E-mail a link to download exported results. (Export formats include RIS, for exporting to reference management software such as EndNote, Mendeley or Zotero.)

• A zipped file of results is sent to your e-mail. You will need to save the file to your computer and then unzip it (for example,.using 7-Zip).
• Right click on the unzipped file, choose Open With and select your preferred reference management software.

Note: When EBSCOhost results are exported to a RIS file, ESBCOhost will automatically de-duplicate the results. You may notice a discrepancy between the total number of  search results you retrieved and the total number of results included in the RIS file you have exported.

This video provides an introduction to using the EBSCOhost personal account (3 mins 13 secs).