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Research Tutorials

Please Note: Some items below require the Adobe Flash Player. You may download it from the Adobe web site.

General

• F.I.R.S.T: Finding it! A Research Skills Tutorial
• What is plagiarism? (4:56 min, Flash)
• Citation Styles overview (3:47 min, Flash)
• Searching our library catalog:
  • find a book by keyword (1:29 min, Flash)
  • find a book by title (1:15 min, Flash)
  • find a book by author (1:28 min, Flash)
  • limit your search by format (1:43 min, Flash)
  • renew your items (1:36 min, Flash)
• Find your course reserves (1:50min, Flash)
• Find new items in the library (1:23 min, Flash)
• Find full text of a journal article (2:56 min, Flash)
• Get a book the library does not own (3:04 min, Flash)
• Get a journal article the library doesn't own (2:52 min, Flash)

Subject Specific

Tutorials for Social Sciences

• Finding Primary Sources in the Social Sciences (4:45 min, Flash)
• Finding Primary Sources in Communication Studies (5:09 min, Flash)

Tutorials for Using Lexis-Nexis

• Find broadcast media transcripts (2:07 min, Flash)
• Find print media reports(2:22 min,Flash)
• Limit your search by country (2:50 min, Flash)

Tutorials for Health Sciences Resources

• Find a nursing article (3:53, Flash)
• Nursing and Health Resources (divided into sections)
• Intro to Pub Med (3:30 min, no audio, Flash)

Tutorials for Legal and Government Resources

• Finding North Carolina Bills (? min, Flash)
• Finding a Court Case using LexisNexis Academic (3 min, Flash)
• Finding legislative history of a federal law using LexisNexis Congressional (? min, Flash)
• Find basic legislative history in LexisNexis Congressional (1:38 min, Flash)
• Finding a bill by number in Thomas (< 1 min, Flash)
• Searching by keyword in Thomas (< 1 min, Flash)

Tutorials for Statistical and Numeric Data Resources

• Euromonitor Global Market Info Database (1.55 min, Flash)
• World Development Indicators Online (2.27 min, Flash)
• SimplyMap Quick Start Tutorial (1.56 min, Flash)
• SimplyMap Tutorial on Finding Specific Census Tracts (2.54 min, Flash)
• Statistical Warehouse Tutorial for using PowerUser mode (2.31 min, Flash)

Location: Walter Clinton Jackson Library
320 College Avenue, Greensboro NC 27412-0001
Mailing address: PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170
Telephone: 336.334.5304 or 888.245.0180

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