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| Information Literacy / Searching the Internet |Animated Tutorials

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Electronic Resources/Databases

Agricola via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Arts and Humanities Search via FirstSearch - Quick Guide

Biological Abstracts via EBSCOhost - Quick Guide | Tutorial

Biological Sciences Database via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Biology Digest via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Business Source Premier - Quick Guide | Tutorial

CAB Abstracts via WebSPIRS - Quick Guide | Tutorial |Guide to CAB Abstracts from CABI | CABI Codes Alphabetical List

CSA - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

CINAHL Plus with Full-text via EBSCOhost - Quick Guide | Tutorial | Advanced Search Tutorial | In-Depth Review Tutorial

Communication Studies: A Sage Full-text Collection - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Conference Papers Index via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Criminology: A Sage Full-text Collection - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Current Contents via WebSPIRS - Quick Guide | Tutorial

Dissertations via FirstSearch - Quick Guide

EBSCOhost - Quick Guide | Tutorial | Advanced Search Tutorial

Econlit via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Engineering Village - Compendex - Quick Guide | Tutorial | Additional Training Materials

ERIC via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

FirstSearch - Quick Guide

GEOBASE via FirstSearch - Quick Guide

INSPEC via EBSCOhost - Quick Guide

ISI - Web of Knowledge - Quick Guide | Tutorial

ISI - Web of Science - Quick Guide | Tutorial

JSTOR - Quick Guide

Journals @ Ovid Full-Text - Quick Guide

LexisNexis Academic - Quick Guide

Medline via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

MLA Bibliography - Tutorial | Advanced Search Tutorial | Visual Search Tutorial

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts via CSA - Quick Guide | Tutorial

NetLibrary - Quick Guide | Tutorial

Ovid Quick Reference Card - Quick Guide | Advanced Guide

Physical Education Index via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Plant Science via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

ProQuest - Quick Guide

PsycINFO via EBSCOhost - Quick Guide | Tutorial | Factsheet

SciFinder Scholar - Getting Started for Windows / Mac | Guides | Tutorial

SIRS Knowledge Source - Online guide provided by SIRS - Quick Guide | Tutorial

Science Citation Index - Web of Science - Quick Guide | Tutorial

Social Sciences Citation Index - Web of Science - Quick Guide | Tutorial

Social Services Abstracts via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Sociological Abstracts via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

TOXLINE via CSA - Quick Reference Card | Tutorial

Web of Knowledge - Quick Guide | Tutorial

Web of Science - Quick Guide | Tutorial

WebSPIRS - Quick Guide | Tutorial

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Citation/Style Guides

	ACS Style - Print & Electronic References
	APA Style - Print & Electronic References
	MLA Style - Print & Electronic References

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Finding Library Materials

	Renewing books (you will need the Macromedia Flash Player)
	Briggs Library Self-Guided Tour
	Briggs Library Information Formats and Locations
	Career Exploration Guide
	Finding Periodical/Journal Articles
	Topic Finder - (Print and online resources to help you locate a topic)
	Library of Congress Classification System (Call Numbers for Books and Media Resources)
	Dewey Decimal Classification System (Call Numbers for Periodicals)
	Library Survival Tips
	Accessing Library Resources from Off-Campus (Proxy)
	Accessing Library Resources from Off-Campus Flash Video (you will need the Macromedia Flash Player)
	Using the Magazines and Journals List (you will need the Macromedia Flash Player)
	Create an account in the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan system Flash Video (you will need the Macromedia Flash Player)

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Information Literacy / Searching the Internet

	Google Search Tips
	Library Terminology
	E-Mail Etiquette
	Information Evaluation
	Net.Tutor - includes tutorials on Internet research strategies, how to evaluate information found on the Net, and more.
	RDN Virtual Training Suite - a set of online tutorials created in the UK, designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information skills. The tutorials offer self-directed learning, take around an hour each to complete, and include quizzes and interactive exercises.
	Search Engine Features
	TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial)

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Animated Tutorials

	Distance Library Services
	Government Documents
	Information Literature & Research Guide
	Library Catalog
	Locating Books on the Shelf
	Magazines & Journals
	Renewing Library Materials

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Updated 8 September 2008 by erf