Library: Tutorials

All of these tutorials are short screencasts (one to two minutes long), except for Avoiding Plagiarism which takes about 20 minutes and includes quiz questions so you can assess your understanding.

Getting Started:

Avoiding Plagiarism
Creating an Effective Search Strategy
Is Your Article from a Peer-Reviewed Journal?
Google Scholar: Linking to Clark Memorial Library Journals

Finding Books & More:

How to Browse the Library's Collection by Call Number
How to Find a Book
How to Request Items from Storage
How to Use UP WorldCat to Find Books and More

Finding Full Text:

Finding Full Text from a Bibliography
Finding Full Text from a Database

Finding Primary & Secondary Articles:

How to Find Primary and Secondary Scholarly Articles: Part 1 - Definitions and Identification
How to Find Primary and Secondary Scholarly Articles: Part 2 - Finding Articles

By Subject:

Business: How to use American Fact Finder to find an American Community Survey report

Education: How to Use the ERIC Thesaurus

History, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science: Need Help Searching JSTOR?

Nursing: How to Find Articles by Nurses
Nursing: How to Use CINAHL Headings

Theology: Find Commentaries on a Scripture Passage Using ATLA

Citing Sources:

Adding EBSCO citations to RefWorks
Adding Google Scholar Citations to RefWorks (Part One & Part Two)
Adding ISI citations to RefWorks
Adding PubMed citations to RefWorks

Getting Citations Formatted in APA, Chicago, or MLA Style From Ebsco Databases