Library Links
Other Links
Tutorials and Resource Help
Database/Resource-Specific Tutorials & Help
- American History in Video offers help with Getting Started, Browsing, Searching, and more.
- AtoZ Maps Online Online Demos includes online video tutorials for using Modern Map and Ancient Map Collections as well as help accessing and using PDF files.
- CQ Researcher Help. You will be prompted to login for off-campus access; use your Library User I (or Alt.ID) and PIN to login.
- CQ Researcher Search Tips. You will be prompted to login for off-campus access; use your Library User I (or Alt.ID) and PIN to login.
- CQ Researcher Online - Information and Search Tips (PDF), a printable 2-page handout.
- EBSCO Tutorials: from EBSCOhost Research Databases, the provider of most of our databases. These include overviews as well as database-specific help. They include several tutorials in Flash, PowerPoint, or both. Some are available for the iPod and some even include an interactive quiz; some are also available in Spanish and French.
- EBSCOhost Basic Searching for Academic Libraries (PowerPoint, 1.35MB)
- EBSCOhost Business Searching (PowerPoint, 265kb)
- EBSCOhost Literary Reference Center (PowerPoint, 651kb)
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online Help
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online Guided Tour, a printer-friendly PDF
- Gale-Cengage: Gale Databases Help provides product overviews and detailed help; it also includes a text reader function.
- Biography Resource Center Help
- Biography Resource Center Toolbox, offers extensive help resources including Search Tips, How to Cite, Research Guide, and more.
- Literature Resource Center Tips includes a Research Guide, a guided tour of Literature Resource Center, and other information
- Help Using Scribner Writers Series
- Help Using Twayne's Authors Series
- Global Road Warrior Online Demos offers video tutorials on Lifecycle, Food and Recipes, and Currency features.
- JSTOR Basic Search Tutorials includes tutorials on advanced and basic searching, working with citations, and more, available is several formats. Click HERE to login to JSTOR for off-campus access. Click on the "About" tab, then "The Archives," and then click on "Tutorials."
- JSTOR Support Channel on YouTube offers several tutorial videos.
- JSTOR general information and tips (PDF), a printable 2-page handout.
- LearningExpress Library Help Center
- LexisNexis, includes 4 tutorials from LexisNexis.
- LexisNexis Online Help Index of help topics.
- OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) Quick Reference Guide, a printable 2-page handout (PDF).
- OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) Online Help
- Oxford Reference Online Help; for off-campus access, you will be prompted to log in.
- World Book Advanced Tutorial, a flash video tutorial that provides detailed information; 10:15 duration.
- Help for World Book Advanced, provides help with the site's main features, searching, articles, and more. For off-campus access, you will be prompted to log in; use your Library User or Alt ID and PIN.
- World Book Advanced, Customer Training Site.
- Interactive Maps, a flash video on using the World Book Interactive Maps and related articles.
- Using Pathfinders, a flash video on Pathfinders, tools used to help locate resources.
- Using Timelines, another flash video, with help using existing timelines in World Book Advanced or to create your own.
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