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CINAHL Complete: Searching Across Multiple EBSCO Databases

CINAHL Complete is a large collection of scholarly articles, conference proceedings, and dissertations on topics ranging from nursing to public health and medical administration.

Searching Across Multiple EBSCO Databases

Did you know you can do one keyword search across multiple databases in the EBSCOhost platform?

Review the interactive tutorial below for steps on how.

Click the purple "Next" button to progress through the slides.

Did you know you can do one keyword search across multiple databases in the EBSCOhost platform?

Review or download the tutorial below for steps on how.


1. Go to https://library.usu.edu/and click on "Articles & Databases."

articles and databases link highlighted on library home page

2. To find the EBSCOhost database platform, type it into the search bar or click "E."

E highlighted for searching for a database alphabetically

3. Click on the "EBSCOHost" link.

EBSCOHost link highlighted

4. To see what database(s) you're currently searching, check out "Searching" field above the search boxes. To view the full list, click on the highlighted database.

link highlighting the databases it is searching

5. Here you can select or unselect what databases you want to search across.

list of databases selected and not selected to be searching across

6. Click "Select" when you're finished choosing.

select button highlighted

7. Doing this will pop you back to the advanced search.

advanced search bars for EBSCOHost database search


Now you can begin your research!

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