Searching Basics

The library has created these tutorials as another way of helping you use the various resources that are available for research. Each one goes over searching that resource step-by-step, with screen captures. There will be repetition among the tutorials, as each one was created to stand alone. Other guides will be added as requested. Please feel free to ask for help at any time.

Library Catalog

Using the Catalog How to find material the library owns.
Finding Journals How to find journals and magazines that the library owns or has access to online.

Databases

EBSCO
CINAHL – NURS 1000 Nursing and allied heath database. Focused on the career paper.
CINAHL – NURS 2501 Nursing and allied health database. Focused on the disease/research paper
CMMC Communication database. Focused on finding communication-related articles.
ERIC Education database. Focused on finding articles for article reviews and projects.
LRC Literary Reference Center, a literature database. Focused on finding material for documented essays.
MLA Literature database. Focused on finding articles for documented essays.
Other Companies
CQ Researcher Current events newsletter/database. Great for speeches or papers.
Lexis-Nexis 1 Database with many aspects. Focused on finding newspaper articles.