What a Difference a Summer Makes!
If you have already been on the Library database selection page, or into the EBSCOhost databases, you will have noticed some major changes and additions.
But first, in case you don’t know what I’m talking about, go to the SPST homepage, and select “Database Login” under the gray “Library” dropdown menu. If you get a security warning, go ahead and do what they warn you not to do – proceed to this site that we know and trust. For the username, enter only your last name. For the password enter the 13-digit number below the barcode on the front of your SPST ID card. This should take you to the online database selection screen for Dana Dawson Library.
When you scan the list, you’ll notice a new item – “ebrary”. This is a continually expanding collection of over 70,000 scholarly electronic books – e-books. 
You can search for materials directly in ebrary, or all of the titles are also in the SPST / WILO online catalog with direct links to the ebooks. Just click on the link for the SPST holding and you will be prompted to sign in using the Database Login procedure as outlined above.
If you venture into the EBSCOhost database you will see new databases listed on the initial EBSCO screen including:
• Biography Reference Center
• Science Reference Center
• Consumer Health Complete
When you go into the EBSCOhost “Choose Databases” section, look below the familiar ATLA and Academic Search Premier. Browse the descriptions of the databases, some never before available to SPST students, faculty, and staff including:
• Child Development & Adolescent Studies
• Humanities International Complete
• Bibliography of Native North Americans
• Violence & Abuse Abstracts
• ERIC (Education Resource Information Center)
• MEDLINE
If you encounter any problems accessing these resources, contact John Oyler in the library or at joyler@spst.edu. We will be offering general database overview training as well as training and helps for each of these specific resources. Let us know what you think!
