EBSCOhost update will provide new features to library databases, changes to custom folders

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In early January 2025, EBSCOhost, the platform for many of the Libraries’ subscription databases (list below) will be updated with a new user interface. 

New Features

The updated interface will provide access to the same content with a simpler, more intuitive design, and will include new features such as: 

  • Personalized dashboards
  • New ways to share and save resources
  • Intuitive limiters and facets
  • Improved translation and text-to-speech features
  • Responsive design for access on more devices
  • Enhanced accessibility standards

For more information about the new interface, see a preview of the new EBSCOhost interface or the New EBSCOhost Interface – Quick Start Guide.

Changes to Custom Folders

IMPORTANT: If you use custom folders, you will need to move or download saved items in your custom or shared folders to your My Folder. Any items saved to custom or shared folders will not be migrated as there is no custom folder option in the new interface. If you are a MyEBSCO folder user, your My Folder will transition to the new user interface. 

See steps for moving custom folders to My Folder below. 

EBSCOhost Databases

Databases that will undergo the update include:

  • Academic Search Alumni Edition
  • Academic Search Complete
  • Academic Search Ultimate
  • African American Historical Serials Collection
  • Agricola
  • Alternative Press Index
  • Alternative Press Index Archive
  • America: History and Life with Full Text
  • American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1
  • American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2
  • American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 3
  • American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 4
  • American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 5
  • Anthropology Plus
  • APA PsycArticles
  • APA PsycInfo
  • APA PsycTests
  • Applied Science & Technology Source
  • Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate
  • Art & Architecture Source
  • Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)
  • Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1
  • Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 2
  • Atla Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1
  • Atla Historical Monographs Collection: Series 2
  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
  • Bibliography of Asian Studies
  • Business Source Alumni Edition
  • Business Source Complete
  • Business Source Ultimate
  • Chicano Database
  • CINAHL Plus with Full Text
  • CINAHL Ultimate
  • Civil War Primary Source Documents
  • Diversity & Ethnic Studies eBook Collection
  • eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
  • eBook Comprehensive Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
  • eBook Open Access (OA) Collection (EBSCOhost)
  • eBook Subscription Diversity & Ethnic Studies (EBSCOhost)
  • EconLit
  • Education Source
  • Education Source Ultimate
  • Environment Complete
  • ERIC
  • Exploring Race in Society
  • Frick Art Reference Library Periodicals Index
  • Gateway to North America: People, Places, and Organizations of 19th-Century New York
  • GeoRef
  • GeoRef In Process
  • GreenFILE
  • Health Source – Consumer Edition
  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  • Historical Abstracts with Full Text
  • Humanities Source
  • Humanities Source Ultimate
  • International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
  • LGBTQ+ Source
  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text
  • Literary Reference Source
  • Literary Reference Source eBook Subscription
  • MAS Complete
  • MAS Reference eBook Collection
  • MasterFILE Premier
  • MasterFILE Premier Reference eBook Subscription (EBSCOhost)
  • MEDLINE with Full Text
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
  • Military & Government Collection
  • MLA Directory of Periodicals
  • MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
  • Newspaper Source Plus
  • Newswires
  • OpenDissertations
  • Peace Research Abstracts
  • Philosopher’s Index with Full Text
  • Points of View Reference Source
  • Political Science Complete
  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
  • Public Administration Abstracts
  • Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson)
  • Regional Business News
  • Rehabilitation Reference Center
  • Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books from the New-York Historical Society
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
  • Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
  • Social Work Abstracts
  • Sociology Source Ultimate
  • SPORTDiscus with Full Text
  • Sustainability Reference Center
  • Teacher Reference Center
  • Vocational & Career Collection
  • Women’s Studies International

Moving Custom Folders

Steps to move your Custom Folders to My Folder: 

  1. Go to the Ebsco Database (ie Academic Search Ultimate) 
  2. Sign In 
screenshot of the Ebsco Database toolbar with a box and arrow pointing to the "sign in" button.
screenshot of the Ebsco Database Sign in box with fields for "MyEBSCO username or email address" and "Password or PIN"
  1. Once logged in, select the Folder icon in the top right corner. 
screenshot of the Ebsco Database toolbar with a box and arrow pointing to the "folder" button.
  1. From there, scroll down until you see your custom folder in the left portion of the screen. Select the folder you would like to access to expand it. Then select Articles.
screenshot of the Ebsco Database folder tree with a box and arrow pointing to the "Articles" folder
  1. Once you have accessed the articles in your custom folder, select the Select/deselect all box. Then select the Copy To button and choose My Folder.
screenshot of the Ebsco Database folder menu. Boxes numbered 1, 2 and 3 point to various items on the menu. 1, a selected checkbox on the "Select / deselect all" option. 2, the "Copy To" dropdown box. 3, the My Folder option.

Now your items will be copied to your general folder so when the interface changes, these items will transfer to your upgraded account, and you will not lose them.

For help with moving custom folder content to My folder, please contact the Libraries’ Research Help Desk. 

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