The following tutorials provide general guidance for using library resources and services.  Additional guides are available under Resources by Subject.  For more in-depth individual assistance, contact any of the librarians or stop by the Reference Desk.  To arrange a class session, contact Jane Smith, Coordinator of Instruction.

 
RESEARCH 101: HOW TO FIND THE INFORMATION YOU NEED

• Assignment Calculator (from University of Minnesota Libraries) 
• The Library and the Internet: Ten Good Reasons to Use the Library (from Lake Land College Library)
• Generating Keywords: Find the Information You Need Faster
• Find Books: Using the Library Catalog
• What Call Numbers Are and How to Use Them (from MCC Libraries)
• Boolean Searching (from LSU Libraries)
• Choosing a Database
• Accessing Databases from Off Campus
• Searching Databases by Keyword
• What is a Research Study?
• Finding the Full Text of an Article
• Evaluating Web Sites (from Leslie University)  
• Incorporating Sources into your Research Paper (from the Cooperative Library Instruction Project) 
• You Quote It, You Note It (Plagiarism, from Acadia University)
• Citation Help
• Harvard Guide to Using Sources (from Harvard College Writing)

DATABASE SPECIFIC GUIDES

• EBSCO Tutorials
• Lexis-Nexis Tutorials
• Welcome to SciFinder
• Advanced SciFinder Tutorials 
• RefWorks Tutorials
• Browsing Government Documents Using FDsys
• Finding Government Documents Using FDsys

GENERAL LIBRARY TUTORIALS

• Finding Articles on Electronic Reserve
• Journal? Magazine? What's the Difference?
• Search Strategies: Developing Keywords Worksheet 
• Printing Double-Sided
• Printing Slides as Handouts 

SUBJECT-SPECIFIC GUIDES

• Business: Conducting Company Research
• Business: Conducting Industry Research
• Criminology & Criminal Justice FAQ: Research at Bailey Library
• Dance: Wellness for Dance  
• Education: Locating Children's Literature by Theme or Subject 
• FYRST: Basic Research
• FYRST: Getting to Know the Library  
• Government: An Overview of Federal Law
• History: Selected Primary Source Material for Historical Research
• Psychology: Locating Assessment Instruments