YouTube Tutorials || Using Databases || Finding Books & More || General Research Needs || For Faculty
Here you will find guides describing how to use a number of the Library's resources for conducting research and locating needed information. New guides are always being added, so check back on this page often. If you don't see a guide that answers a specific question you have, feel free to e-mail the Library webmaster to make a suggestion.
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Databases:
How to locate any Library newspaper, magazine, or scholarly journal in print or online (2:35)
How to locate scholarly & peer-reviewed articles in Library databases (4:39)
How to use Academic Search Premier database (6:50)
How to use e-books with ebrary and netLibrary (5:45)
How to use Literature Online (3:26)
How to use Literature Resource Center (2:56)
How to use ProQuest database (7:21)
How to use Wilson OmniFile database (5:49)
Library Catalog:
Temporarily under reconstruction.
Miscellaneous:
How to locate book reviews (5:36)
How to locate company information (4:41)
How to locate industry information (6:15)
How to use ABI/INFORM Complete
How to use Academic Search Premier
How to use AP Images
How to use Art Museum Image Gallery
How to use ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
How to use Biblical Archaeology Society Online
How to use the Biography Resource Center
How to use Books in Print
How to use Britannica Online
How to use Business & Company Resource Center
How to use Business Full Text
How to use Business Source Premier
How to use the Chicago Manual of Style
How to use the Christian Science Monitor (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
How to use College Source Online
How to use Communication & Mass Media Complete
How to use Credo Reference
How to use ebrary
How to use Education Full Text
How to use Education Full Text and Education Index Retrospective
How to use ERIC
How to use the Gale Virtual Reference Library
How to use General Science Full Text
How to use Humanities Full Text
How to use International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
How to use Issues and Controversies
How to use Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
How to use the Los Angeles Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
How to use MLA Directory of Periodicals
How to use MLA International Bibliography
How to use Nature
How to use Nature Reviews Neuroscience
How to use netLibrary
How to use the New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
How to use News@Nature.com
How to use Philosopher's Index
How to use Proquest
How to use Proquest Education Module
How to use Proquest Law Module
How to use Proquest Newspapers Module
How to use Proquest Psychology Module
How to use Proquest Social Sciences Module
How to use PsycARTICLES
How to use PsycINFO
How to use Readers' Guide Full Text
How to use Readers' Guide Retrospective
How to use Regional Business News
How to use Social Sciences Full Text
How to use Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
How to use the Wall Street Journal (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
How to use the Washington Post (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
How to use Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega
How to find an interview
How to find a SWOT Analysis
How to search for primary sources
Interlibrary Loan: what to do if the Library doesn't have what you need
How to identify scholarly journal articles (YouTube clip courtesy of Cornell University)
How to find scholarly and peer-reviewed journal articles
How to identify substantive news articles (YouTube clip courtesy of Cornell University)
How to understand library terminology (courtesy of Montana State University)
How to make color prints
How to place materials on course reserve for your students
How to schedule a Library orientation session for your classes


