What’s Your Apptitude? EBSCO Mobile App
Welcome to What’s your App-titude –
Our monthly post to share information about Health Sciences mobile apps!
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Our featured app this month is from EBSCOhost. 
A link to EBSCOhost can be found by selecting Find Articles from the top of the Library home page, on the next page Databases, select E from the A-Z choice. EBSCOhost is the first selection.
The database list is also found here
http://library.upstate.edu/articles/databases/
EBSCOhost offers a variety of proprietary databases with full text journals and popular databases from leading information providers. Databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries.
EBSCOhost has mobile app* which offers 40 databases to search.Here is sample of the 40 databases offered by EBSCOhost:
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Alt HealthWatch
- Education Research Complete
- Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
How do I download the app for EBSCOhost?
From the EBSCOhost web site, scroll to the bottom of the page and select:
New: EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Applications
You will see a prompt to enter your email address (image below) to receive the link to the EBSCOhost mobile app.
The email from EBSCO will appear as follows: open this email from your mobile device.
Dear EBSCOhost user,
To begin using the EBSCOhost iPhone and Android applications, follow the instructions below.
Step 1:
Download the app from the iTunes Store or Google Play
Step 2:
View this email on your device, then tap this authentication key
(Note: You must access the link in Step 2 from your device. The activation link will expire in 24 hours.)
Questions? Visit the support page or send an email to support@ebsco.com.