Tutorials, Videos, & Podcasts
Critical Thinking | Databases - how-to videos | Databases - podcasts
Library Catalog - how-to videos | Intellectual Property | Research Guidance
- Critically Evaluating Information Tutorial
Includes Exercise: "Questioning the Source"
Databases: how-to videos (Download Flash to view.)
- Creating a Basic Search Query
Watch a quick video demo on keyword searching in a database. - Gale's Literary Index
Become an instant expert at using this tool to find literary criticism in reference books. - From Citations to Full Text Quiz
This concise tutorial shows you how to distinguish between book citations, journal article citations, and book chapter citations, then demonstrates how to find the full text in each case. Take the Quiz to check your comprehension!
- Google Scholar Guide
Google Scholar Turbo Charge: how to set preferences
Watch this quick video demo to see how you can leverage your access to the library's full text content using Google Scholar.
- H.W. Wilson (Applied Science & Technology Index; Art Index; Biography Index; Biology & Agriculture Index; Education Full Text; General Science Index; Humanities Full Text; Library Literature; Social Sciences Full Text)
Watch how you can set up regular alerts for these Wilson databases. - Searching Literature Online (LION)
Take a peek at how this database can be used to find scholarly literary criticism articles. - Using Article Linker to find full text
Want to get the full text fast? Article linker is the key to finding out if full-text is available. Find out how! - Using Journal Locator
Find out whether you can access journals, magazines, and newspapers - and in what format.
- Meet the Databases: Business
Choose among:- ABI Inform
- Meet the Databases: General
Choose among:- Academic OneFile
- CQ Researcher
- Google Scholar
- JSTOR
- Project Muse
- Meet the Databases: Literary Criticism
Choose among:- Literature Online (LION)
- Meet the Databases: Nursing
Choose among:- CINAHL
- Cochrane Library
- PubMed (Medline)
- Meet the Databases: Psychology
Choose among:- PsycINFO
Library Catalog: how-to videos (Download Flash to view.)
- Basic Catalog Searching: Encore
If you're familiar with searching Google, then Encore will feel like a natural approach to searching the library catalog. Learn how to use Encore's easy search interface, refinement tools, and tags by watching this short video. - Advanced Catalog Searching
Learn how to do an advanced search using symbols and synonyms. Limit by item type to search for a specific format; for example, e-books. - Finding E-Books
Don't have time to come into the library to find books? Check out wide variety of e-books. This short video shows how to access the different e-book collections. - Finding Videos/DVDs using the library catalog
Looking for a DVD? Watch how to limit your search to just DVDs so you can find TV shows like LOST quickly and easily.
- Avoiding Plagiarism
"Plagiarism Court" tutorial - Copyright Primer
Tutorial developed by University of Maryland University College