[nabs-l] accessibility of ebsco databases

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi Elif,

In my experience trying to use ebsco,  I found only pdfs.
I think you're saying that is your experience too; no html text available.

One huge problem is  I cannot change the drop down menus from saying the 
default and to say or.
Those are the boolean operators to say it in search jargon.

Can you change those? We just contacted ebsco. they told me to try using 
insert z to toggle the cursor to do it. I'll try that.

Also have you used their thesauras to find synonyms?
At least ebsco has headings for the search results; not all databases do.

Thanks.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Elif Emir Öksüz
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 3:44 AM
To: Ashley Bramlett ; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessibility of ebsco databases

Ashley my jaws is 13.

you are right about the pdfs. most of them are pdf.
it is hard to get used to epsco. it is not the perfect accessible search 
engine.
please let me know if you have any questions.


2015-01-17 22:12 GMT-05:00, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
> Bridget,
> Glad you shared your experience.
> So which jaws do you use? Just wondering because sometimes versions make a
> difference.
> I use jaws 15.
>
> Have you also found gale databases problematic?
> I definitely have. I cannot click on some of the links. when I click on 
> some
> of them, nothing happens and right clicking on them with the applications
> key does not help either.
>
> Since you could not read the articles, curious if you hired a reader. that
> is what I ended up doing for library research. Not only do I need help 
> with
> articles, but the books too.
>
> Thanks.
> Ashley
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bridget Walker
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:25 PM
> To: Ashley Bramlett ; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessibility of ebsco databases
>
> Hi Ashley,
> I go to college in New York. I have a problem finding the check boxes that
> say "full text" "peer reviewed" I can usually get to the edit fields ok. I
> have a difficult time accessing the articles I have selected in my folder. 
> I
> can get to my folder and go through the list but, like you said, the PDFS
> documents do not work. I have been tore lying on iBooks but, when I'm in 
> the
> middle of a paper siting on the computer gets difficult because I can't 
> copy
> any correct spellings easily.
> I hope this helps.
> Bridget
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 14, 27 Heisei, at 12:51 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As I conduct research at the library, I run into access issues with many
>> databases.
>> Not only are the pdf files hard to read with the full articles in them,
>> but searching poses problems with jaws. When trying advanced searching, I
>> cannot change the combo boxes from the default And to say “or”.
>>
>> Has anyone had issues with ebsco databases? If so which ones?
>> Another challenge is finding the search button.
>>
>> The head of the library at Northern virginia community college, called
>> nova for short, where I’m taking electives, is going to send EBSCo a note
>> about access. But it would be helpful to know other problems.
>>
>> If you are a student in a Virginia college and experience database
>> problems, please also write me off list. Maybe we can have a conference
>> call on this.
>> I’d like to hear from other students in Virginia schools so we can write
>> jointly to Ebsco and tell them the problems and request they fix them.
>> The same goes for other databases.
>>
>> When I asked about research a few  months back, some of you mentioned
>> accessible databases which you used, but for every accessible database, I
>> would guess there are 3 that are semi accessible.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ashley
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