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Metro State Library Resources for TREC Students and Faculty

Transformation and Reentry Through Education and Community (TREC)

Video Orientation: MN DOC (EBSCO) Overview for TREC Instructors

EBSCO Overview for MN DOC Higher Education Partners 

This recorded training provides an overview of the EBSCO Correctional Ed platform, what it is, what it is not, and how it works. This is worthwhile viewing [for instructors and academic support staff] to understand what the database platform looks like and the process for requesting and receiving resources from your students' perspective.

How students use Ebsco on DOC tablets

How TREC students request for articles

 through Ebsco database through their tablets

 

TREC students can search and request for full-text articles from academic journals and periodicals (pending approval by DOC library/education staff) using the following Ebsco database on their tablets:

Academic Search Premier

https://research-ebsco-com.content.elibrarymn.org/c/nfiawx/search?db=aph

The search features and interface to this database (available freely to everyone in Minnesota through eLibraryMN) may look slightly different from what students actually see on their tablets, but the overall content available to them is similar - they can search for and browse article abstracts before requesting them.

  • It can take 1-5 business days for their full-text article requests to be approved.
  • TREC students are allowed to request up to 5 articles per day.

*If a full-text article had been previously requested and approved by the DOC education /library staff, then it will be already available for students to access on their tablets.

 

Instructors: Whenever possible, please remind students to select your course and “Research paper” as the reason for their full-text article requests!