http://guides.lib.washington.edu/howdoi en-us © 2010 University of Washington Libraries Short video tutorials on common library questions UW Libraries Short video tutorials from UW Libraries on common library questions, like how to: access resources from off-campus; find full-text articles, electronic books, e-newspapers, dvds and video, chemical data and more; organize citations, use research databases, search tips and much more. Short video tutorials from UW Libraries on common library questions, like how to: access resources from off-campus; find full-text articles, electronic books, e-newspapers, dvds and video, chemical data and more; organize citations, use research databases, search tips and much more. UW Libraries library, research, find, tutorial, fulltext, access, howto no UW Libraries Find Dissertations and Theses Find dissertations and theses written at any institution and also specifically by UW students http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/dissertation.m4v Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT 2:59 fulltext, full, text, dissertation, thesis, search UW Libraries Find E-Books How do I find online books available to me through the UW Libraries? http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/ebooks.m4v Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT 1:59 fulltext, full, text, ebooks, electronic, books, search UW Libraries Find E-Newspapers Do you need to find an online newspaper article on a specific topic? You can access current local, national and international newspapers online through the UW Library website. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/newspapers.m4v Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT 2:47 fulltext, full, text, enewspapers, newspapers, news, articles, search UW Libraries Using RefWorks for citations RefWorks is a tool that you can use to keep track of your citations and automatically create bibliographies. Access your RefWorks account with your UW NetID. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/refworks.m4v Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT 2:19 refworks, citations, organize, manage, bibliography UW Libraries Find chemistry data Trying to find chemical information? Search for chemical literature, chemical structures/substructures, reactions and property information, molecular formulas, crystallography and more. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/chemistry.m4v Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT 2:19 search, chemical, chemistry, data, science, beilstein, scifinder, cambridge UW Libraries Find congressional info on CQ.com Would you like an easy to understand explanation of a congressional bill you have been following? Would you like to track a bill and how it impacts other bills or laws? Would you be interested in reading news stories about congressional bills from a highly respected news source? These are just a few of the useful tools you can find through CQ.com. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/cq_com.m4v Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT 3:07 search, congress, bills, cq.com, government, law UW Libraries Stay current with RSS feeds from journals There are many ways you can stay up to date using tools like email alerts or RSS feeds to learn about new articles or books from your favorite journals or databases. In this tutorial, we will show you how to setup an RSS Feed to alert you when a journal has new articles available. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/rss_feeds.m4v Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT 2:26 rss, alerts, journals UW Libraries Stay current with email alerts from journals There are many ways you can stay up to date using tools like email alerts or RSS feeds to learn about new articles or books from your favorite journals or databases. In this tutorial, we will show you how to setup email alerts from journals and the UW Library Catalog. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/email_alert.m4v Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT 2:57 email, alerts, journals UW Libraries Techniques for searching Academic Search Complete database Finding scholarly journal articles will be necessary throughout your academic career. In this tutorial, learn some techniques for searching EBSCO's Academic Search Complete database, which is a good general starting point for most research. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/ebsco.m4v Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT 3:11 ebsco, database UW Libraries Techniques for finding conference proceedings. Conference proceedings can be tricky to find since sometimes they are cataloged individually (like a book) or as a series (like a journal). This tutorial will give you some tips on tracking down the proceedings you are looking for. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/eng_conf_proc.m4v Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT 2:49 proceedings, conference UW Libraries Techniques for using Inspec and Compendex. Compendex and Inspec allow you to search for scholarly journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, technical standards and more. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/eng_db.m4v Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT 3:11 inspec, compendex UW Libraries Listen to audio of articles from certain databases. The databases that offer audio of their articles include: Factiva, Wilson Web, Academic OneFile, Library Press Display, and Gale Virtual Reference. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/audioarticles.m4v Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT 2:14 audio, database UW Libraries How is it different from a popular source like a newspaper or magazine article? Chances are you'll need to find a scholarly journal article for a research paper or project in the near future. But, wait, what is a scholarly journal article? How is it different from a popular source like a newspaper or magazine article? Let's reduce the confusion on scholarly journal articles. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/scholarlyarticle.m4v Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT 3:00 articles, literacy, research UW Libraries Using PAIS, Public Affairs Information Service If you're studying public policy and international studies, there's one resource you should know about: it's called PAIS, Public Affairs Information Service. http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/PAIS.m4v Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT 3:29 PAIS, research UW Libraries 2010 Freshman Interest Group Library Intro Library research class intro for the 2010 Freshman Interest Group (FIGs) Research and Discovery Project http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/FIG.m4v Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT 5:47 introduction, welcome UW Libraries 2010 Transfer Interest Group Library Intro Library research class intro for the 2010 Transfer Interest Group (TRIGs) Research and Discovery Project http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/TRIG.m4v Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT 5:47 introduction, welcome UW Libraries How to set up Google Scholar http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/Googlescholar.m4v Fri, 17 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT 1:47 UW Libraries How do I export citations from an EBSCO database into Refworks? http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/howdoi/itunes/ExportingEBSCOCitations.m4v Fri, 01 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT 2:01 citation, database, export