Tutorials for Searching
The following links will take you to information about the best searching strategies and the functionality of a particular site. Return here as often as you need to.
For some tutorials, you will need to have Macromedia Flash installed .
Databases with direct links to a guided tour with screen shots or helpful FAQs:
- CQ Researcher FAQs
- Credo Reference guided tour topics to help you get the most out of this robust database.
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Ebsco
host guided tour with audio.
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Advanced Searching Help in
Ebsco
host (8.1 3 min)
QUIZ (6.28 min)
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Basic Search in
Ebsco
host (5.25 min)
QUIZ (6.16 min)
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Introduction to Ebscohost 2.0 (6.18 min)
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MyEbscohost personalization folder set up
instructions in
Ebsco
host (4.55 min)
- Page Composer help for your personal space within Ebsco host.
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Business
Search in Ebsco
host tutorial with audio (2.5 min)
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Visual Search instructions in
Ebsco
host (5.3 min)
- Journal Alerts setup in Ebsco host (3.52 min)
- Consumer Health Complete search tutorial (5.00 min)
- Kids Search: Basic, Advanced and Teacher Resources (4.25 min)
- Searchasaurus full text database for elementary research & reading (3.5 min)
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Student Research
Center for current research topics and research guides and helps (5.13 min)
QUIZ (6.23 min)
Ebsco host Tutorials for your iPod
- Advanced Search (8.4 min)
- Basic Searching (9.8 min)
- Visual Searching (15.7 min)
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Advanced Searching Help in
Ebsco
host (8.1 3 min)
QUIZ (6.28 min)
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- Facts on File World News Digest Help, including How to Search and How to Cite
- FirstSearch Guided Tour.
- Knovel tutorial
- Fielded Search tutorial
- Interactive Tools tutorial
- MergentOnline. Once you log in, choose "Help" in the uppre right corner, and then click on the topic you want to know about.
- Policy File orientation.
- Student Resource Center Gold.
Databases with HELP on the search screen:
- American National Biography. Through "Help" in the upper right of the screen, you can choose "Guided Tour" in the pop-up window.
- ERIC Thesaurus [terms used for searching education databases]
- Health Reference Center. Choose "Help-Search" in the left column.
- LexisNexis. Choose Help or How do I?
- NetLibrary Help screen
- Original Sources. Help is on the first screen, left column.
- Oxford English Dictionary.
- Oxford Reference Online.
For a general Search Guide, go to the Search Tips link on the left.
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