The How to Video Series is designed to introduce users to the basic features and services of the Library. If you have questions, please contact the Reference Department at 314-968-6950 or toll free: 1‑800‑985‑4279. Webster students, faculty, and staff may also use our Ask a Librarian e-mail service.

Introduction

• Overview of Library Services for Faculty (1:39)
• Overview of Library Services for Students (2:02)

General concepts

• Finding books in the library catalog (2:42)
• eBooks (2:59) (video)
• RefWorks: Creating Bibliographies (3:30)
• Multi-database Searching: Central Search & Quick Search (3:34)

Finding articles on your topic

• Selecting a Database (1:29)
• Basic database searching (2:16) (video on basics of finding articles)
• Tips for more effective searching (2:09)
• Identifying peer-reviewed journals (2:16)
• Using the Journal/Magazine/Newspaper A-Z List (2:04) (use the list to find a specific article)
• How can the Article Linker button help me find an article? (1:21)

Business and Management

• Basic article searching in Business Source Premier (4:24)
• Advanced article searching in Business Source Premier (5:15)
• Finding financials in Standard & Poor's Net Advantage (3:22)
• Finding industry ratios and reports (3:49)

Counseling and Psychology

• Databases for Finding Articles and Information in Counseling (3:07)
• Part 1: Basics of Finding Articles in the PsycInfo Database (3:33)
• Part 2: Advanced Searching Tips in the PsycInfo Database (4:01)

Education

• Part 1: Basics of finding articles in the ERIC database (3:21)
• Part 2: Advanced searching tips in the ERIC database (2:58)

Gerontology

• Databases for finding articles and information in gerontology. (2:56)
• See above under "Counseling and Psychology" for tutorials on searching the PsycInfo database.

Legal Studies

• Finding a specific legal case (2:52)
• Finding law review articles and cases on legal topics (2:32)
• Finding a specific legal statute (3:18)

Nursing

• Doing research in Nursing--Basic searching (3:56)
• Doing research in Nursing--Advanced searching (6:15)
• Doing research in Nursing--Evidence-based practice resources (3:53)

Sociology/Anthropology

• Part 1: Basics of Finding Articles in the SocIndex Database (3:36)
• Part 2: Advanced Searching Tips in the SocIndex Database (3:56)

eReserves

• Electronic Reserves for Faculty (10:08)
• Electronic Reserves for Students (3:35)

Turnitin

• Information on Turnitin, a plagiarism prevention program, is now available at http://fdc.webster.edu/resources/teaching_tools/intro-to-turnitin.php.

Videos Collection

• Finding videos (3:19)

System requirements

These presentations require a standard web browser and Flash Player 9 or higher to view. Flash Player may be downloaded for free at http://www.adobe.com/downloads/.

• These are large files. Your computer may take a few moments to load the file.
• Navigation controls (play, pause, rewind) are located at the bottom of the window.
• These files were recorded at 1024x768. For better viewing, it may help to set your own desktop resolution to these same settings.