Create Your MyEBSCO Folder

MyEBSCO is a personal information management tool to save records, save searches, create citations lists, create projects, download eBooks, write notes, and more. Note: Items added to the default folder are NOT saved. You must be logged into your EBSCO folder to save items.

Creating and using MyEBSCO folder is an efficient way to store and manage your research. Click the MyEBSCO link at the top of the EBSCO page. Log in or click Create a New Account and complete the form. An option is provided to use your Google account or create an email account. (The email account does not need to be your ORU email.

  • Articles added to the MyEBSCO folder are retained until you delete them.
  • Your MyEBSCO folder can be accessed and used in any EBSCO database (Academic Search Complete, MEDLINE, EagleSearch, etc.).
  • To save articles in your personalized folder you must "Sign In" when you are in EBSCOhost.
  • Articles added to your MyEBSCO folder can be accessed and read from any computer, on or off campus.

Duration: 3.43 mins.

Citations in EBSCO

For a single citation in an EBSCO database:

  1. Click the Tools icon.
  2. Choose Cite.
  3. Select the citation style to copy, paste, and edit the citation to match the required citation style and your professor's requirements. Always follow your professor's guidelines and the print style manual.

EBSCO cite tool

For multiple citations in EBSCO databases:

  1. Mark the checkboxes in front of the articles you need cited.
  2. Click the Cite icon (the quotation mark).
  3. Select the citation style.
  4. Click Copy all to clipboard on the Cite pop-up..
  5. Paste the citations and edit as needed.

EBSCO Citation tool

Citations in EBSCO Video Tutorial


Duration: 1:46 mins.

EBSCO & Google Drive

An alternative to the EBSCO folder is saving your articles on Google Drive.

  1. Click the Tools icon.
  2. Click Share in the tools menu.
  3. Select Google Drive or One Drive. (Login in to your Google account, if prompted.)

EBSCO and Google Drive