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Guide to using EBSCOhost databases (new interface launched August 2025)

What is EBSCOhost?

The EBSCOhost interface provides access to a range of databases, e-journals and e-books. The databases are particularly useful for identifying journal articles and other publications on a particular topic within the subject areas covered by each database.

It is possible to select and search more than one database at the same time. However, doing this will disable the thesaurus feature and so it is not advised for comprehensive or systematic searching.

EBSCOhost for NHS staff

Please note, this guide is for the new EBSCOhost interface. If you are a member of NHS staff, accessing EBSCOhost databases via NHS England Open Athens, you should refer to the online guide for the classic version of the EBSCOhost interface. The new EBSCOhost interface will be launched for NHS staff on 1st December 2025.

Which databases are available through EBSCOhost?

Here are some of the key databases available via the EBSCO platform:

You can see a full list of all the databases available through the platform by accessing any EBSCOhost database and then clicking on the name of the database above the search box: this will open a list of all available databases and you can select one or more to search.

Screenshot of EBSCOhost search screen, showing which database is being searched Screenshot of EBSCOHost select databases menu

Searching Business Source Ultimate and EconLit

Please note that when using the databases Business Source Ultimate and EconLit, you may arrive at a different search interface compared to all other EBSCO databases that use the regular user interface. These two databases use the EBSCO Business Search Interface that allows business researchers to discover quickly different publication types that are used heavily in the business and economics subject area. You can find out more about the different search interface used on these databases on the Searching Business Source Ultimate and EconLit page.