Library Tutorials
How do I ...
Find a Book?
Find a Book 1: The Library Catalog (2:12) – What library resources can you find by searching the library catalog?
How does the catalog match your search terms to books in the collection? Where can you find help and search tips?
Find a Book 2: Title Search (1:38) – What is the most effective way to find and locate library books that you know by title?
Find a Book 3: Author Search (1:23) – How do you find and locate books by a particular author?
Find a Book 4: Topic Search (4:24) – What are the most effective ways to find out what the library has on a particular topic? When is searching by subject most efficient? Learn some tips for keyword searches.
Find a Book 5: E-books (1:47) – How do you recognize and access E-books in the library catalog? How can you limit your search to E-books?
Find a Book 6: Advanced Keyword, Videos and CDs (2:32) – Learn to limit your search to fields of a record, and find videos and CDs.
Find an article?
Find an Article, Part One: Understanding Periodicals (5:30) – Unsure of the difference between a trade publication and a magazine? Want to review what makes an article scholarly? Need to know why “peer-reviewed” may be important to your search? This first part of the tutorial focuses on basic information about periodicals and how to recognize various kinds.
Find an Article, Part Two: Where to Look for Articles (9:14) – Articles can be tricky to find, but in less than ten minutes, you will get plenty of ideas on where to look for article citations, and even some places to lay your hands on actual articles (physically and virtually), as we focus on the process of finding an article.
Find an Article, Part Three: Searching an Article Database (9:32) – Get some tips in searching one of our most popular article databases, Academic OneFile. Basic search techniques, refining and limiting searches, abstracts, citation lists, and analyzing results are all covered in just about 9 minutes!
Know if the library has access to a particular article?
Journal Finder (6:30) – Only one place provides a complete listing of all periodicals that the library owns in print and subscribes to in online full text—Journal Finder (TDNet). Brush up on your skills to use this essential resource!