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Librarian Help: Tutorials


 These 3 - 6 minute tutorials will introduce you to the library catalog and databases. 
They do not have audio.  Click on a name to begin. 
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 Library Catalog

 
Basic: 
     Learn how to perform a basic search by author, title, subject and format (DVD, etc.).

 
Advanced: 
    
Virtual instruction on reserving items and managing your account.

 
Consolidated Searching:
 
     You will learn what is consolidated searching and how to search by subject, author and keyword.



 Databases

 Associations Unlimited: 
     Contains info for international & U.S. national, regional, state & local nonprofit membership organizations.
 
 

 Biographical & Genealogy Master Index:  
     Nearly 12 million biographical references.


 
Books in Print: 
     The complete Books In Print database.

 
Business Index ASAP
:
    
Management, indicators, practices, companies & industries.

 
Computer Database: 
     Find computer-related product introductions, news, and reviews.

 
EBSCO Host: 
    
Index, abstract, and full-text coverage of 350+ magazines.

 
Expanded Academic ASAP: 
     Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers.

 Facts on File: 
     Get 70,000+ news articles, maps, photos, country profiles & biographies. It covers important events & figures 1940 -.

 General Business File ASAP: 
     C
ompany & industry trends. Newspapers/journals, and directories.

 
Health & Wellness Resource Center: 
    
Access various health/medical journals, pamphlets, general interest publications and reference titles, plus alternative medicine info.

 
Health Reference Center Academic: 
    
Offers full-text nursing & allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health info sources.

 
Heritage Quest Online:
 
     C
ensus, genealogies, local histories, tax lists, directories, birth, marriage and death records and more.
 

 InfoTrac: 
     Offers millions of full-text news and periodical articles.

 
LearningExpress Library:
 
     Practice tests for ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, and others.
Offers test prep e-books.

 
Literature Resource Center: 
     Find biographical essays and critical analyses of 122,000+ writers.

 
LitFinder:
 
     650,000 indexed poems, (50,000 full-text) and criticism.

 New York Times Historical: 
     Full-text, full-image digital reproductions from 1851-2003.

 Orlando Sentinel & America's Newspapers: 
     Full-text articles from the Orlando Sentinel 1985 - current.  Browse 800+ national newspapers for more full-text articles including the
     New York Times 2000 - present.

 
Who's Who on the Web:
    
Over 1.4 million detailed profiles of leaders from such industries as government, business, science and technology, the arts,
     entertainment, and sports.

 
World Book: 
     Search the 22-volume print set, and links to over 120+ periodicals.
 
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