Research Starters is a feature of EBSCO 
Discovery Service (EDS) that quickly connects 
users to citable, authoritative summary articles 
on thousands of popular topics, including 
history, geography, and science. Designed to 
enhance the research experience, Research 
Starters include links to relevant articles, 
images, videos, and audio clips. The content is 
curated from a variety of high quality sources 
including Salem Press, Encyclopædia 
Britannica, and others. This feature is also 
known as “Topic Overview” in Explora™, the 
dedicated search interface for all of your 
EBSCO school or public library databases.
 
If a Research Starter is available, it will appear 
at the top of the search results list. Please note 
that the Research Starters feature does not 
alter your search results list in any way.
 
 
Simply click the More link for a topic overview.
 
 
From here, you can read the full text of the 
article or listen to the article using the Text-to-
Speech feature. 
In addition, you can click the icons under the 
Tools menu to print, email, save, or cite the 
article.
Many searches include “Other Topics” listed at 
the bottom of the Research Starter placard. 
These are other titles that are highly relevant to 
your search. Clicking the link takes you directly 
to that Research Starter record. For example, a 
search for Roosevelt will retrieve the Research 
Starter shown.
 
 
Depending on your search term, the overview 
article may contain Related Information with 
links to associated Research Starters. 
Clicking one of these links will launch the 
related overview article in a new browser 
window. Some articles also contain lateral links 
embedded in the full text. Clicking on a lateral 
link will take you to the related Research 
Starters record.
If at any time you wish to return to the Basic 
Search screen, click the New Search link in the 
top toolbar.
