Points of View Reference Center

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Points of ViewReference Center

• Tutorial

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Welcome to EBSCOs Points of View Reference
Center (POV) tutorial. POV is a full text
database that provides users with a series of
essays that present multiple sides of a current
issue. In this tutorial you will learn about key
interface features such as browsing by category,
advanced searching and accessing helpful Research
Guides.
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To begin, you can either enter a search term in
the Find field or use the Browse by Category menu
to search for articles in some of the more
popular topics in POV. Well begin by clicking on
the category Energy Conservation revealing all
of the related topics in the category.
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All of the related topics under Energy
Conservation are displayed. If you do not see
your desired topic, click View All Topics to
search through the entire list of categories
available. For now, click on Renewable Energy.
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The Points of View results tab is the default
document type displayed. Under this tab, Point
and Counterpoint articles about the subject are
listed as well as an Overview and a Guide to
Critical Analysis. When other articles are
available, you will be able to view them under
one of the other document type tabs, such as All
Results, Periodicals and Newspapers. Here, we see
the available Points of View articles for
Renewable Energy displayed. To read an article,
click on the article title or on HTML full text.
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From the article citation, you can print, e-mail,
save or export the article. You can also save it
to your personal folder by clicking Add to
Folder.
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The Guide to Critical Analysis for each
controversial topic discusses criteria in
understanding the issue and also presents
exercises such as debate or a critical essay that
help the reader further analyze the subject.
Next, we'll look at performing an advanced search
in POV. Click on the Points of View Reference
Center icon to return to the home screen.
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To perform a keyword search using limiters, click
the Advanced Search link above the Find field.
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Enter your search term in the Find field and
select the limiters you would like to apply to
your search. We'll enter the term Global Warming
into the Find field and then select Points of
View, Newspapers and Videos as the Document Types
to be returned. Let's also add a publication date
range of January 2003 to December 2007. Click
Search.
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POV executes the search and returns all relevant
results. You can also search the database by the
name of a Publication. To search by Publication,
click the Publications link found in the upper
right hand corner of the screen.
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You can search by entering a publication name
into the Find field or by browsing the
publications using the A - Z links. Next we'll
look at Research Guides. Click on the Points of
View Reference Center logo in the upper left hand
corner to return to the home screen.
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Research Guides are tools that assist with
various stages of your research. Clicking on a
Research Guide will display a link to a POV
article with information to assist you in your
research. For now, let's click on Write a Thesis
Statement.
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Clicking on the full text of this research guide
article will display a helpful explanation of a
thesis statement with tips on how to create an
effective one.
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HELP Click on the Help link to view the complete
online Help system, and visit our Support Site to
browse our Knowledge Base of FAQs, download Help
Sheets, User Guides, and tutorials, or see whats
new in our Top Stories. This concludes the
Points of View Reference Center tutorial.