Research Strategies & Searching Techniques

• Five Steps to Better Research
• Boolean Searching (basics)
• Advanced Boolean Searching
• Truncation

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Library Catalog Help (Books & Other Materials)

• Finding Materials In Discovery
• Finding Materials on Sage

Tutorials provided by our Database Vendors

• CSA Advanced Search Tutorial
• ebrary
• EBSCOhost Basic Searching
• EBSCOhost Advanced Searching for Academic Libraries
• International Financial Statistics (from the International Monetary Fund) - Introductory Tour
• How to Search JSTOR Tutorial
• JSTOR Support YouTube Channel
• Knovel
• Lexis/Nexis Academic Tutorial
• Lexis/Nexis Academic YouTube Channel
• Mergent Online™
• Proquest
• PubMed® Online Training
• Science Direct Tutorials
• Web of Science Search Tips
• Web of Science Recorded Training
• Web of Science Quick Reference Card