Consumer Reports: in the Ebsco Host Database

Search Consumer Reports Product reviews from the comfort of your own home.

By using the Ebsco Host information database, you can search and read thousands of articles from published magazines, including consumer reports, that you can’t access for free anywhere else on the web.

Here’s how.

1. In the “Magazine and Newspaper Articles” page in the Research section of this website, click on the link for Ebsco Host database. Note: if you are using a computeroutside of the library, you’ll be asked to type in your name and library card number.
2. On the search screen, click on “advanced search”.
   
   
    
3. On the advanced search screen, type in the item you are interested in.  In this example, I'm interested in digital camera reviews so I typed in digital cameras. In the field labeled Publication, type “Consumer Reports”.
   
   
    
4. Click on Search.
5. The results list will show you article titles and dates of publication. Simply click on the title to read the complete article. You may even print, save and email articles to yourself.

Go to the Ebsco Host database and try a search!

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