Integrating Search Widgets into Course Web Sites

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), which we now call Find It, provides a single, unified search box for searching the UFV Library's information resources, including scholarly journal articles, books, e-books, internet documents, research reports, and much more.  Features of the service include:

• Single, simple entry point for searching many databases at once, including the UFV Library catalogue
• Pre-indexing of a vast quantity of metadata ensures immediate search results
• Detailed metadata (e.g., author-supplied abstracts,keywords, subjects)
• Indexing for thousands of journals from publishers such as Sage, Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and Cambridge
• Complete library catalogue loaded directly into EDS, with availability checks and daily updates
• Ability to limit searches by date, source type, subject, content provider, full text availability, scholarly designation and more
• Powerful, user-friendly interface based on the familiar EBSCOhost platform

Copy and paste the code below into a new "Content>Item" in BlackBoard.

Remember to hit the source <> icon.

<div style="overflow-x:auto;">
    <!-- EBSCOhost Custom Search Box Begins -->
    <script src="https://support.ebscohost.com/eit/scripts/ebscohostsearch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <style type="text/css">
        label { display: inline; }
        .search-button {
          background-color: #e55200;
          border: 1px solid #e55200;
          color: #fff;
          font-size: 10pt;
          font-weight: bold;
          text-transform: uppercase;
        }
            
        .form-control { background-color: #fff; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 4px; display: inline; padding: 6px 12px; width: 85%; }
        .form-control:focus { border-color: #7cb232; outline: 0; }
        .form-control::-moz-placeholder { color: #999; opacity: 1; }
        .form-control:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #999; }
        .form-control::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #999; }
        .form-control[disabled], .form-control[readonly], fieldset[disabled] .form-control { background-color: #eee; opacity: 1; }
        .form-control[disabled], fieldset[disabled] .form-control { cursor: not-allowed; }
    </style>
    
    <form id="ebscohostCustomSearchBox" action="" onsubmit="return ebscoHostSearchGo(this);" method="post" style="width:500px; overflow:auto;">
        <input id="ebscohostwindow" name="ebscohostwindow" type="hidden" value="0" />
        <input id="ebscohosturl" name="ebscohosturl" type="hidden" value="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site&amp;type=0&amp;custid=s5672269&amp;groupid=main&amp;profid=eds&amp;lang=en&amp;authtype=shib" />
        <input id="ebscohostsearchsrc" name="ebscohostsearchsrc" type="hidden" value="db" />
        <input id="ebscohostsearchmode" name="ebscohostsearchmode" type="hidden" value="+" />
        <input id="ebscohostkeywords" name="ebscohostkeywords" type="hidden" value="" />
        <input id="chkLibraryCollection" name="chkLibraryCollection" type="hidden" value="chkLibraryCollection">
        
        <div style="padding-top: 0.2em;">
            <input id="ebscohostsearchtext" class="form-control" type="text" name="ebscohostsearchtext" size="40" /> 
            <input class="search-button" type="submit" value="Find It" />
        </div>
                
        <div id="limiterblock">
            <div id="limitertitle" style="font-weight:bold;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:5px;">Limit Your Results (optional)</div>
                <label><input type="checkbox" id="chkPeerReviewed" name="chkPeerReviewed"  /> Scholarly (Peer Reviewed)</label>
                ~ OR ~
                <label><input type="checkbox" id="chkCatalogOnly" name="chkCatalogOnly"  /> Catalogue Only</label>
        </div>
    </form>
    <!-- EBSCOhost Custom Search Box Ends -->
</div>

Find It (aka EBSCO EDS) is a great place to start your research.  It helps you quickly find relevant resources on a subject, without having to decide which database(s) to search.  The facets allow you to limit your search results in a variety of ways, including date range, source type, subject, and scholarly designation.  The library's catalogued resources are also integrated into the search results.

• To find Canadian newspaper articles, use Canadian Major Dailies. This not not directly searched in Find It.
• To take advantage of the richest features of a database, including the subject thesaurus or specialized limiters, you may choose to search a specific subject relevant database.  For example, Business Source Complete, PsycINFO, and Medline have powerful features only available in their unique interfaces.