Tutorials & More
Tutorials
These short, interactive videos will help you get started with your library research. Choose from the following topics:
- Finding Articles and Off Campus Access (English)
Get help finding articles using the Southwestern Library's website and databases
These videos provide instructions on how to use and search the EBSCOhost Online Databases:
- EBSCOhost Introduction to Searching
This flash tutorial provides audio narration with matching text to guide users on how to navigate and search the EBSCOhost interface.
- EBSCOhost Search Alerts
Search Alerts save valuable research time, and can be set up to provide automatic e-mail notification whenever your searching topic become available.
- EBSCOhost Journal Alerts
This online tutorial demonstrates Journal Alerts which allow you to set up automatic e-mail notification when a new issue of a specific journal becomes available in an EBSCOhost database.
These tutorials cover the online resource NexisUni (available at Articles & Databases) which provides access to a wide range of news, business, and legal information from nearly 5000 sources
- Nexis Uni™: How to Search from the Home Page
This tutorial is an introduction on how to search Nexis Uni.
- Nexis Uni™: How to Use the Advanced Search Form
This tutorial will cover the different search options when using the advanced search form. .
- Nexis Uni™: How To Select Sources and Create Permalinks
This video will help you learn how to select specific sources or publications from which to narrow the scope of your search and to quickly and easily create permalinks to relevant content.
These instructional videos will present instructions on how to use the ARTstor digital library (available at Articles & Databases) of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences:
- Introducing ARTstor:
This tutorial includes how to register and briefly walks users through the new look and feel of the ARTstor Digital Library - Searching in ARTstor :
Explore your many options for narrowing search results and creating image groups within the new ARTstor Digital Library. - Creating image groups in ARTstor:
This tutorial describes the steps to save images into groups and share content within Artstor . - Downloading image groups to Powerpoint
This tutorial describes the steps to save Artstor images groups to Powerpoint . - Artstor Self-paced training in 30 minutes
This video tutorial will teach you how to use Artstor - from registering for accounts, to exporting image groups.
These instructional videos provide instructions on how to use the Films On Demand Streaming Media Collection. This collection includes unlimited, 24/7 access to more than 3,000 videos in the areas of Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Mathematics and Health & Medicine.
- Using Films on Demand Streaming Videos (Creating an account to Films on Demand)
This three minute video demonstrates how to create a Films on Demand streaming video account.
Articles
Go to Articles and Databases to search.
- How to Find Journal Articles
- CQ Researcher Help Guide
CQ Researcher covers controversial topics in detail. - ARTstor Help Guide
ARTstor is a searchable database of more than 1,000,000 digital images. - ARTstor Visual Guide
How to connect, create an account and locate images within the ARTstor digital library. - Credo Reference Visual Guide
Presents information on accessing and searching the Credo reference e-book collection. - EBSCOhost: Visual Guide on Searching
How to connect and use the EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier interface. - EBSCOhost Search Alerts
A visual guide how to run your own EBSCOhost searches automatically and have the results sent to your email account. - EBSCOhost Journal Alerts
This visual guide shows how to receive an e-mail or RSS feed alert each time your favorite journal publishes a new issue. - EBSCOhost One-Step Alerts
Learn how to obtain an RSS alert feed for any EBSCOhost periodical title or any subject search result list. - Films On Demand a visual guide how to search, view and create playlists of the Films On Demand streaming video collection.
Books
Go to the Library Catalog or to the EBSCOhost eBook Collection to search.
- Searching for EBSCOhost eBooks
A tutorial on how to search and read e-books using EBSCOhost. - View our eBook information page to learn how to access our eBook collection from off campus locations.
Finding Media
- How to Search for Media
Using the library catalog to find media materials.
Specific Topics
- Finding Primary Sources
- Bibliography of Primary Sources, by subject/time period, in the SWC Library Collection
Citing Sources
Go to the Research and Citation Guides for more help.