Research Tutorials
Using Magale Library's Resources
Navigating Magale’s Website http://screencast.com/t/ceDqQ9Cf6p
Beginning your Library Research http://screencast.com/t/6Jl7mxPDx
Finding Print Resources in Magale http://screencast.com/t/hPuMEF3Uk
Conducting an EBSCO Database Search http://screencast.com/t/cszl5Ol68F
Other Online Tutorials
Library Online Basic Orientation
Designed to familiarize you with the key processes involved in finding and evaluating information for papers and projects. It contains web pages of information and short videos to help you learn to use to a variety of search tools.
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo/template.php
Basic Information Literacy Tutorial
http://library.ccsu.edu/TILT/
Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web - University of South Carolina
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml
Boolean Searching on the Internet
http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp
PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (from the ACRL Instruction Section)
http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/projpubs/primo/
PRIMO, formerly the Internet Education Project, is an ACRL Instruction Section project featuring a database of mostly undergraduate online tutorials covering a wide variety of topics—from a general overview of the research process to the specifics of how to navigate a psychology database. The database features some 250 tutorials from 1996 to 2012.
Research 101 - University of Albany
This web site was developed to help students with using library resources.
http://library.albany.edu/usered/tutdex/index.html
Search Google Effectively
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation
Search Engine Savvy
* The Five-Step Search Strategy
* Student’s Guide to WWW Research
Understanding the Invisible Web
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet//InvisibleWeb.html
Subject Guides
Information on materials by subject are in Magale Library's reference area, stacks call numbers, and periodicals. Also provided are web sites, electronic journals, electronic texts, and online associations to further research in each area.
http://www.centenary.edu/library/reference/subject