Library Research Tutorials

A collection of tutorials to help you master the art of finding your way around.

The Navarro College Libraries are committed to making information literacy an integral part of the college’s educational program. With this goal in mind, we have brought together a collection of tutorials to help you master the art of finding articles in the library’s online collections of journals, newspapers, and magazines. The tutorials below will help you learn more about how to make the most effective use of these information resources: EBSCO, GALE, ProQuest, and Nexis Uni. Also included are tutorials on the library’s collection of EBSCO eBooks.

 

Basic Searching

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These resources include short YouTube video tutorials that guide you through brainstorming a research topic, searching effectively in a database, and refining your results to find the most relevant information.

• Basic Searching 1: Brainstorming Your Research Topic

• Basic Searching 2: Searching in a Database

• Basic Searching 3: Refining Your Results

 

Online Tutorials for Searching Individual Databases

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The online tutorials for searching individual databases provide step-by-step guides on using EBSCO, Gale, Nexis Uni, and ProQuest, helping you learn how to search, access, and manage articles and eBooks effectively.

 

EBSCO

• Advanced Search – Guided Style

• Basic Searching

• Reading an Article

• Introduction to EBSCOhost

• My EBSCOhost Folder

• CINAHL with Full Text Basic Searching

• CINAHL with Full Text Advanced Searching

• Points of View Reference Center

 

EBSCO eBOOKS

• Downloading eBooks on EBSCO – Tutorial

• Searching eBooks on EBSCOhost – Tutorial

 

Gale On-Demand Tutorials

• Literature Resource Center

• Gale Academic OneFile

 

Nexis Uni

• Nexis Uni: Quick Search

• Nexis Uni: Advanced Search

• Nexis Uni: Search Cases by Citation

• Nexis Uni: Search Cases by Party Name

 

ProQuest

• Basic Search