These tutorials will help you learn how to use some of
the resources and services available at Gutman Library, and how to search for
information.
General Information
Connecting to Library Databases from On-Campus (Flash)
Connecting to Library Databases from Off-Campus (Power Point)
EBSCO Databases
Advanced
Searching (Flash)
MyEBSCOhost: Creating a Personal Folder / Search and Journal Alerts
(Flash)
Creating
Search and Journal Alerts / Saving Advanced Searches (Flash)
ProQuest Databases
The "fast forward icon" is the "Forward Arrow" referred to
in these tutorials
The information in these tutorials applies to ALL ProQuest
databases, not just the examples used
Advanced
Searching I / Refining a Search / Using Proximity Operators &
Truncation (Flash)
Advanced Searching II / Index and Field Searching / Thesaurus (Flash)
Using Smart Search Features / Suggested Topics / Topic Guide to
Refine a Search (Flash)
Managing Results I / Setting up a Search Alert (Flash)
Managing Results II / My Research: Saving, E-mailing, Creating Direct
Links (Flash)
Publication Search / Setting up an E-Mail Alert / Browsing Publication Holdings
(Flash)
Creating an RSS Feed with ProQuest (Flash)
Cochrane Library
HELP page, with a variety of support in several languages
General Overview: (Power Point)
Tutorials: (Flash)
Pt 1:
What is the Cochrane Library
Pt 2:
Tips on Advanced and MeSH searching
Pt 3:
Saved Searches / Setting up e-Alerts
Science Direct College Edition E-Journal Collection
Performing an Advanced Search
Reviewing the Search Results
Reviewing Documents
Browsing Publications
Using Alerts: Search, Topic, Volume / Issue and Citation Alerts
Personalizing
Your Settings
Engineering Village
Overview, Basic Search Features, RSS (Power Point)
Advanced Search Features, Using the Thesaurus (Power Point)
OT Search
Simple Search Tutorial
Additional Search Tutorials
RefWorks
RefWorks provides a variety of
tutorials on its website, in a variety of languages
Refworks
FAQs
RefWorks in 15 Minutes (Power Point)
Basic Tutorials
Recorded Webinars - (WebEx: click the "playback" button) include:
Installing and
using Ref-Grab It (to import webpages)
Four Ways to
Create Bibliographies in Refworks
Six Ways to
Import Information into Refworks and more!