Home Improvement Reference Center

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Tutorial

• Home Improvement Reference Center

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Welcome to EBSCOs Home Improvement Reference
Center tutorial. Home Improvement Reference
Center is a comprehensive, easy-to-use database
that provides detailed "how-to" information about
thousands of home improvement and repair
projects, from plumbing and wiring to painting
and decorating. Home Improvement Reference Center
features full-text content from leading home
improvement books and magazines, images not found
anywhere else online, and how-to videos of
popular home repair projects. In this tutorial,
we will look at how to conduct a basic search
from the home page as well as how to browse by
category.
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Looking to install recessed lighting in your
kitchen? Begin your search in Home Improvement
Reference Center from the Basic Search screen.
Simply enter your search term(s) in the Find
field and click the Search button.
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By default, your search results will appear in
order of relevance, but you can also sort
articles by source, author, or date. Click on a
Full Text link to view the full text article, or
click the title to view details about the
article. Dont have time to read it now? Sign In
to your personal account and click the Add to
Folder link to save the article to your personal
folder. If at any time you wish to return to the
home page, click the product logo.
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You can also browse Home Improvement Reference
Center from the Home Page in other ways. The
Toolbox provides helpful links for handy
homeowners. Here youll find How-To Videos,
Conversion Charts, and a Glossary. The Project
Spotlight area highlights key content, and the
topic is rotated on a regular basis. The Browse
by Category area allows you to peruse articles by
project type. Looking for some creative
landscaping ideas? Begin by clicking the
Decorating category.
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On the next screen, youll see a list of topics
related to Decorating. Click a topic (for
example, Creative Landscapes) to expand a list of
Project Sub-topics. Continue to navigate through
the Project Subtopics until you reach your
desired topic. Click the link to display the
article or step-by-step instructional document.
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PDF full text displays in the PDF Full Text
Viewer. From here, you can Print, E-mail, Cite,
Export, or Add the result to your Folder by
clicking the corresponding icons under the Tools
menu on the right. You can print or save the
article to your computer by using the icons found
in the Adobe Reader toolbar. To see citation and
summary information for the article, click
Detailed Record.
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To view the complete online Help system, click
the Help link at the top right of the Home
Improvement Reference Center home screen.
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