ONLINE HELP AND TUTORIALS

Finding materials on the shelves:  Or, know your Dewey!

How do you Dewey.pdf

EBSCO--ONLINE HELP AND TUTORIALS at the EBSCO SITE.

This list highlights the Databases Specific to the LRC through EBSCO.

EBSCOhost Tutorials
Advanced Search - Guided Style (3 min)
Advanced Search - Single Find (3 min)
Audiobooks on EBSCOhost (5 min)
Basic Search (3 min)
Creating a Journal Alert (2 min)
Creating a Search Alert (2 min)
eBooks on EBSCOhost - Downloading (4 min)
eBooks on EBSCOhost - Searching (4 min)
EBSCOhost Integrated Search (7 min)
EBSCOhost iPhone Application
EBSCOhost Result List (6 min)
Introduction to EBSCOhost (7 min)
My EBSCOhost (5 min)
Reading an Article in EBSCOhost (3 min)
Using CINAHL and MeSH Headings (6 min)
Using EBSCOhost Search History (3 min)
Visual Search (5 min)

EACH DATABASE HAS ITS' OWN HELP / TUTORIAL, HERE ARE A FEW.

EMERALD DATABASES

FAULKNER INFORMATION SERVICES (FAIS)

SCIFINDER SCHOLAR "HOW TO" GUIDES

WILSONWEB QUICK START GUIDES

Boolean Searching

Broaden or narrow your search by combing words or phrases using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT.

The results of performing Boolean searches are sometimes illustrated by the diagrams below (called Venn diagrams.) The diagrams show graphically how
using the AND operator narrows a search,
using OR broadens a search,
and using NOT excludes material from a search.

Many databases and search engines have an Advanced Search interface that allows for Boolean searching; you can also try just using a Boolean operator in the main search box.