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EBSCOhost New Interface

The CSUN University Library will make the transition to new the interface on Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Bookmark Browser URLs

In the old interface, one of the methods of saving a resource from your search is to copy the permalink.

Yellow lines boxing an article's permalink from EBSCO's old interface


EBSCO has updated their linking configuration to include built-in authentication. This means you can use your browser's URL to save your resources. 

 

Yellow lines boxing EBSCO's new location for permalinks

 

Note: Using the browser as a permalink is specific to EBSCO databases only. Continue to use the traditional permalinks from our other vendors.

Accessibility Updates

Amongst the improved features below, EBSCO is most excited about their new text-to-speech feature for PDF powered by Read Speaker.

Text-to-Speech
Text-to-speech functionality on
HTML full-text articles & PDF

Transcripts
Transcripts for videos and audiobooks

Alternate Text
Descriptive page titles and alternate text
for meaningful images

ARIA Landmarks
ARIA landmarks to assist users with screen readers

Keyboard Access
Keyboard-only navigation

EPUB & DRM-free* eBooks
Many titles available DRM-free in
EPUB format

*DRM-Free eBooks are titles that offer unlimited printing, saving, copying/pasting and downloading. 

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HTML & PDF Viewer

Within this viewer, users can see how many copies are available to the library, and whether the title is currently in use. In addition to the new PDF viewer, there’s a new e-book viewer, which gives the option of downloading the whole e-book, or selecting individual chapters from the table of contents.

 

New Version

new viewer of reading an article in ebsco

Old Version

Old viewer

 

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