EBSCOhost databases

To save your search strategy (i.e. the combination of search terms you have used to run your search), you will need to register for a free MyEBSCO account, or sign in if you already have one. This allows you to:

• Keep a record of your search strategy.
• Re-run the search later.
• Set up alerts for new results or journal issues.

Saving or editing a search strategy

• Once you have run a search, select Recent activity from the My dashboard menu, locate the search, and select the Save icon  to the right of the search.
• Access the saved search from the Save option on the My dashboard menu and select the Searches tab.
• Select the name of the search to rerun the search in the database that you are currently searching.
• To edit a search strategy, select the menu (3 vertical dots) to the right of a search and then select Edit details. The details include the name of the database in which you originally created the search.

Creating search alerts

• Once you have run a search, select the menu at the top of the search results list (3 vertical dots).
• Select Create Alert.
• Sign in (if not already signed in) or create a new account.
• Give your alert a name and optional description. Decide how frequently you would like to receive alerts, and add your email.
• Select Create Alert.

Access the saved alert from the Alerts option on the My dashboard menu by selecting the Search alerts tab.

Creating journal alerts

To be notified when a new issue of a particular journal is published, you can set up a journal alert.

• Before creating a journal alert, you need to be signed into MyEBSCO.
• On the Advanced Search screen, select the Publications tab below the search boxes.
• Type the name of the journal into the Publications search box and select the magnifying glass icon to the right of the search box to run the search.
• Select the relevant journal name link from the list of results.
• Select the menu towards the top right of the screen (three vertical dots) and choose Create Alert.
• Give the alert a name and optional description, select from the available options, enter your email address and select Create Alert.

You will be alerted by email when a new issue becomes available.

View and manage journal alerts from the Journal alerts tab, which you will find under Alerts in the My dashboard menu.

If you previously had a personal MyEBSCO account in the classic EBSCOhost platform, make sure to use the same account credentials to sign into MyEBSCO in the new platform.

What transfers automatically:

Permanent saved searches and articles stored in the My Folders area will transfer to the new user interface automatically. These searches and articles will be available in the My dashboard area in the new interface.

What does not transfer automatically:

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

• Persistent Link to Searches
• Search Alerts
• Journal Alerts

Action required: If you still have access to the classic EBSCOhost interface, 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 have been migrated.

Action required: If you had articles saved in Custom Folders in the classic interface:

• Log into the new interface and download this content as it will not have been transferred automatically.
• You will have until 31st December 2025 to download the content from your Custom Folders. 
• Alternatively, 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.

To save your search results and search strategies permanently, you will need to create a free MyEBSCO account.

• Select MyEBSCO at the top right of the database screen.
• Select Create an account.
• You can sign in with your Google login details, or you can complete the short form and then select Create account.

Once you have an account, you will be able to select MyEBSCO and then select Sign in to MyEBSCO.

NOTE: If you had a personal MyEBSCO account in the old, classic EBSCOhost platform, you can use this account to sign into the new platform and some of your saved content will transfer across to the new platform.