Library Resource Tutorials

Library resources can be daunting to search and navigate, so to help you in your research efforts, we have provided links to a number of useful tutorials below.

EnLITen Tutorial

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The EnLITen tutorial offers four interactive modules that help you learn to navigate and understand our Library resources.

The EnLITen main menu
Offers access to all four EnLITen modules.

EnLITen: Learn about IUCAT
Learn how to search for books and other materials in the Library's online catalog.

EnLITen: Learn about Popular vs. Scholarly Periodicals
Learn how to tell the difference between a popular periodical and one that is scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.

EnLITen: Learn to Find Articles
Learn to search for articles in the periodical database Academic Search Premier.

EnLITen: Learn about Plagiarism and Copyright
Learn what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it.

Library Video Tutorials

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Find a print book in IUCAT
This short video leads you through the process of finding a book in the Library's online catalog.

Request a book from another IU Library
Learn how to request books and other materials from other IU libraries.

Database Specific Tutorials

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The following links will direct you to database-specific tutorials. The tutorials are listed by database vendor.

EBSCO Database Tutorials

Introduction to EBSCOhost: Interface Overview (run time 7.0 min.)

Creating a Basic Search (run time 5.25 min.)

Advanced Search with Guided Style Tutorial (run time 3.0min.)

Business Source: Business Searching Interface--Basic Searching and Browsing (run time 4.0 min.)

CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Basic Searching (run time 4.0 min.)

CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Advanced Searching Techniques (run time 4.0 min.)

EBSCOhost Mobile (run time 5 min.)

My EBSCOhost Personalization Folder (run time 5.0 min.)

Nursing Reference Center (run time 11 min.)

Points of View Reference Center (run time 6.0 min.)

Search History – Using (run time 3.23 min.)

Student Research Center Tutorial

Visual Search Tutorial (run time 5.0 min.)

JSTOR Video Tutorials

JSTOR How to Search Tutorial (run time 5.02 min.)

JSTOR – Advanced Searching (run time 5.43 min.)

ProQuest Video Tutorials

Conducting a Basic Search (run time 2.1 min.)

ABI/INFORM: Journal based Business Searching (run time 6.0 min.)

Non-Database-Specific Tutorials

How to Read a Scientific Paper
From Purdue University

PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online Site of the Month
Provides access to quality tutorials created and used by other ACRL Libraries

What Makes a Journal Scholarly?
From Rutgers University

Web 2.0 Evaluation
From the University at Albany, State University of New York

Last Updated: 3 October 2011