Answered By: David Hurley
Last Updated: Jan 10, 2022     Views: 108

Access your personalized My EBSCOhost account:

  • Start at library.unm.edu
  • Perform a search
  • Click in the upper right corner
    • First time? Click Create one now
  • Or sign in with Google
    • Sign in with your Google account
  • Agree to the Data Retention and Usage Policy. You can see EBSCO's full privacy policy here.

 

With this account, you can:

  • Save preferences
  • Organize your research with folders
  • Share your folders with others
  • View others' folders
  • Save and retrieve your search history
  • Create email alerts and/or RSS feeds
  • Gain access to your saved research immediately

 

With your Google account you can:

  • Upload your articles to Google Drive

Comments (2)

  1. For the sign in with Google section, it says "Agree to the Data Retention and Usage". What sorts of policies are in there? Don't get me wrong, I use google, I mean who can not? But I wonder if these policies would pass IRB standards. Should the University be endorsing the instruction to accept the policies so easily?
    by Aaron Moore on Mar 29, 2021
  2. That's a great point. In this case, the data retention and usage policy is from EBSCO, not Google. I've edited the answer to make that more clear. Here is the section of that page that explains what information they collect: "The categories of data we collect are: Account Information, such as login credentials, email, or name, if shared by you or your institution. Saved items, such as checkouts and saved searches. [At UNM, checkouts of physical items do not go through EBSCO. -David] Activity data, such as searches, retrievals, and link outs. Other data, such as affiliations and continuing education." If you use your Google account, the terms you agreed to for that account also apply here. In addition, you have to agree to let google provide EBSCO with certain information, e.g., your name and profile picture, which is displayed on the search page once you are logged in. Note that the log in for off-campus users (in the yellow bar at the top of the page) is managed by UNM. That info does not go to EBSCO, and, in fact, hides your IP address from EBSCO.
    by David Hurley on Mar 29, 2021

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