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Tutorials & Tips: Databases

Alt Health Watch
  • Basic Searching for Academic Libraries (3.4 minutes) [1]

Biomedical Reference Collection Expanded
  • Basic Searching for Academic Libraries (3.4 minutes) [2]

Books @ OVID
  • Quick Reference Card (PDF) [3]

Books in Print Professional
  • Quick Guide [4]
  • How to Find if a Title is Available [5]
  • How to Use BIP Alert [6]

CINAHL Plus
  • Advanced Searching (8.5 minutes) [7]
  • The My EBSCOhost Personalization Folder (3.45 minutes) [8]
  • How to Create Search and Journal Alerts (3 minutes) [9]
  • Finding Nursing Research Articles (SMC Handout) [10]
  • Finding Peer Reviewed Journals (SMC Handout) [11]

Cochrane Library (Wiley)
  • Quick Reference Guide (PDF) [12]
  • User Guide (PDF) [13]

ERIC
  • WebSPIRS Quick Reference Card [14]
  • ERIC Guide [15]

Health & Wellness Resource Center
  • Search Tips [16]

LactMed
  • Help [17]
  • Record Format [18]

Lexi-Comp
  • Online Tour [19]

Medline (EBSCO)
  • User Guide (Microsoft Word) [20]

MedlinePlus
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) [21]
  • Evaluating Internet Health Information (16 minutes) [22]

Micromedex
  • Lab Tutorial [23]
  • IV Compatibility Tutorial [24]

Mosby’s Nursing Consult
  • Take a Tour [25]

National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Help [26]

National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
  • Database FAQs [27]

OT Seeker
  • Tutorial (PowerPoint) [28]

PeDRO
  • Tutorial [29]

POPLINE
  • Tutorial [30]

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
  • Search Guide (PDF) [31]

PsycINFO
  • WebSPIRS Quick Reference Card (PDF) [32]
  • PsycINFO Guide [33]

PubMed
  • Basics (PDF) [34]
  • Tutorial [35]
  • Search for an Author (3 minutes) [36]
  • Searching by Author and Subject (1 minute) [37]
  • Simple Subject Search Example (1 minute) [38]
  • Search for a Journal (5 minute) [39]
  • Retrieving Citations from a Journal Issue (1 minute) [40]
  • Searching with the MeSH Database (3 minutes) [41]
  • Combining MeSH Terms Using the MeSH Database (4 minutes) [42]
  • Applying Subheadings and Other Features of the MeSH Database (5 minutes) [43]
  • Searching PubMed with MeSH (PDF) [44]
  • My NCBI (PDF) [45]
  • Getting Started with My NCBI (5 minutes) [46]
  • Searching PubMed for Articles Accessible @ the SMC Library (SMC Handout) [47]

UpToDate
  • UpToDate User Manual [48]

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Links:
[1] http://support.ebsco.com/training/flash_videos/basicSearchingAcademic.html
[2] http://support.ebsco.com/training/flash_videos/basicSearchingAcademic.html
[3] http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/BOOKSQuickReferenceCard.pdf
[4] http://www.bowkersupport.com/quickguides/bip/index.htm
[5] http://www.bowkersupport.com/library/quickcards/stockavail-BIP.htm
[6] http://www.bowkersupport.com/library/quickcards/bipalert-BIP.htm
[7] http://support.ebsco.com/training/flash_videos/CINAHLAdvancedSearching.html
[8] http://support.ebsco.com/training/flash_videos/MyEBSCOhost.html
[9] http://support.ebsco.com/training/flash_videos/How_to_Create_Search_and_Journal_Alerts.html
[10] http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/files/library_finding_nursing_research_articles.pdf
[11] http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/files/library_finding_peer_reviewed_journals.pdf
[12] http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/homepages/106568753/QuickRef.pdf
[13] http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/UserGuide.pdf
[14] http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/WebSPIRS5.1_QRC.pdf
[15] http://www.ovid.com/site/products/fieldguide/eric/index.jsp
[16] http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HWRC/HWRC_Search_Tips.htm?l=t&s=1&loclD=oakl80260&n=10
[17] http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/help/LACThelp.htm
[18] http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/help/LactMedRecordFormat.htm
[19] http://www.lexi.com/web/toursol.jsp
[20] http://support.epnet.com/uploads/kb/medlineuserguide11.06.doc
[21] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/faq/faq.html
[22] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html
[23] http://www.micromedex.com/solutions/academics/demos/lab_advisor
[24] http://www.micromedex.com/solutions/academics/training/ivcompatibility.html
[25] http://www.nursingconsult.com/about/howto/OVERVIEW_MNC.swf
[26] http://www.guideline.gov/help/help.aspx
[27] http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/databases/dbfaqs.htm
[28] http://www.otseeker.com/onlineTutorial.ppt
[29] http://www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au/tutorial.html
[30] http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/popweb/search_popline.htm
[31] http://www.il.proquest.com/products_pq/training/PQDT_Search_Guide.pdf
[32] http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/WebSPIRS5.1_QRC.pdf
[33] http://www.ovid.com/site/products/fieldguide/psyi/index.jsp
[34] http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/pmtri.pdf
[35] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m1001.html
[36] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/search/author/author.html
[37] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/search/autsub/author_and_subject.html
[38] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/search/subject/subject.html
[39] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/search/journal/journal.html
[40] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/search/scm/scmissue_viewlet_swf.html
[41] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/mesh/searching/mesh1.html
[42] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/mesh/combining/mesh2.html
[43] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/mesh/subheadings/mesh3.html
[44] http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/meshtri.pdf
[45] http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/myncbitri.pdf
[46] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/myncbi/getting_started.html
[47] http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/files/library_searching_pubmed_for_smc_articles.pdf
[48] http://www.uptodate.com/home/help/manual/index.html