Tutorials

Video: How to transfer citation information from an Ebsco Database into RefWorks

 

Ebsco host publishing offers a variety of tutorials regarding basic search strategies and how to use some of their databases. Including Basic Searching for Academic Libraries, How to use CINAHL PLUS, and How to Use Consumer Health Complete. Click Here for a list of ebsco host publishing tutorials.

Gale publishing has a tutorial for Literature Resource Center (you must select either a powerpoint or zip file to download).

Alexander Street Press has a help page for Black Thought and Culture and a how-to slide show for Black Drama.

 

Terms & Defintions

Citations:  Be sure to provide accurate citations when quoting from someone else’s work.  Not only is this good scholarship, it is the ethical thing to do. Don’t let plagiarism ruin your scholarly career. This is a link to online versions of the major Style Manuals so you can see examples of citations for the type of material you are quoting.

Subject Searching:  When trying to find information on a particular topic it can be very useful to search by “Subject.”  Usually  in a database there are  several main topics that are then assigned as Subject Headings. (In our electronic databases they may be listed in the right dropdown box as SU Subject.) While keyword searches look for a word or phrase anywhere in the database records, a subject search will look only in the field that contains Subject Headings.

Subject Sidebar:  When conducting a Subject Search in the LU Libraries Electronic Databases, in addition to retrieving a list of articles that are on your subject, there will also be a sidebar that will offer suggestions on other related subject terms that may help you refine your search.

Peer-Reviewed Journals :  When searching for journal articles on the LU Libraries website you will have an option to check a box for Peer-Reviewed Journals. “Peer-Reviewed” means that other professionals or researchers in the field review the article and may make suggestions before the article is published.  These articles will also include an “Abstract” which gives a brief summary of the aims, methods, and conclusions of the research.

Date Limiters:  If you are conducting research in a field that is constantly being updated with new research then it can be very useful to retrieve only the most current information. The LU Libraries Electronic Databases have a section below the search boxes where one can limit the dates of publication to help with this type of research.