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title: FSTA Online Tutorial for EBSCOhost users
description: This tutorial is designed to give an overview of FSTA content and the essential skills to search the FSTA database and find quality literature successfully.
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# Free Online Tutorial - FSTA on EBSCOHost

### Develop your research skills in the sciences of food & health with FSTA’s free 3-part tutorial

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Being able to effectively and efficiently search for quality research in the sciences of food and health is a key skill for students and researchers. These new tutorials for FSTA on EBSCOhost are designed to give you an overview of FSTA content and the essential skills to search the FSTA database and find quality literature successfully.

 

### What's included

#### FSTA Tutorial Part 1 (approx. 10 minutes)

- What content FSTA includes
- What content FSTA excludes (predatory journals and fake science)

> [Access Part 1 here >>](https://ifis.libwizard.com/f/fsta_ebsco1)

#### FSTA Tutorial Part 2 (approx. 20 minutes)

- What the information in FSTA looks like—what is it exactly that you search when you search FSTA?
- How the FSTA thesaurus helps organize that information, and helps you find what you need
- How to choose and find keywords for building a search
- How to connect keywords with Boolean operators to add precision to your search
- How to apply filters for even more precision

> [Access Part 2 here >>](https://ifis.libwizard.com/f/fsta_ebsco2)

#### FSTA Tutorial Part 3 (approx. 30 minutes)

- How to put your search skills into practice (You will need to log into your organisational FSTA access on EBSCOhost to complete this section)
- Assessment to verify your learning

> [Access Part 3 here >>](https://ifis.libwizard.com/f/fsta_ebsco3)

#### Certificate of completion

- Available upon completion of all 3 parts

 

### Support for Librarians and Faculty

We encourage the use of this tutorial as part of library or department training. Please feel free to incorporate it into your own resources or use within classes.

To have the tutorials personalised for your institution, department or course, please [contact us](mailto:a.ball@ifis.org).

 

### About the course creator

**Carol Hollier,  former Senior Information Literacy and Outreach Manager, IFIS Publishing**

Carol worked as Senior Information and Literacy Outreach Manager at IFIS Publishing, before leaving in 2023 to join the University of Iowa Sciences Library as Sciences Reference and Outreach Librarian. Before joining IFIS, Carol worked in instruction librarian roles for over 10 years at universities in the US and UK. She holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science, a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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