How to Video Series

The How to Video Series is designed to introduce users to the basic features and services of the Library. If you have questions, please contact the Reference Department at 314-968-6950 or toll free: 1‑800‑985‑4279. Webster students, faculty, and staff may also use our Ask a Librarian email service.

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Introduction

• Overview of Library Services for Faculty (1:39)
• Overview of Library Services for Students (2:02)
• What's New 2009-2010 (1:13)

General concepts

• Finding books in the library catalog (2:42)
• Borrowing books in the library catalog (US extended campuses) (1:11)
• eBooks (2:34) (video)
• Web Sites for University Courses (4:04)
• RefWorks: Creating Bibliographies (4:46)
• Multi-database Searching: Central Search & Quick Search (3:34)

Finding articles on your topic

• Selecting a Database (1:22)
• Basic database searching (2:18) (video on basics of finding articles)
• Tips for more effective searching (2:06)
• Identifying peer-reviewed journals (2:16)
• Journal/Magazine/Newspaper A-Z List (2:04) (use the list to find a specific article)
• Using Article Linker to connect to full text (1:58)
• Requesting articles (when unavailable in library databases) (2:30)

Business and Management (Doing Research in)

• Basic article searching in Business Source Premier (4:24)
• Advanced article searching in Business Source Premier (5:15)
• Other database content (7:41)
• Finding financials with Mergent Online (2:15)

Counseling and Psychology

• Databases for Finding Articles and Information in Counseling (3:18)
• Part 1: Basics of Finding Articles in the PsycInfo Database (3:49)
• Part 2: Advanced Searching Tips in the PsycInfo Database (3:38)

Education

• Part 1: Basics of finding articles in the ERIC database (3:36)
• Part 2: Advanced searching tips in the ERIC database (3:43)

Gerontology

• Databases for finding articles and information in gerontology. (3:11)
• See above under "Counseling and Psychology" for tutorials on searching the PsycInfo database.

Legal Studies

• Finding specific legal cases (3:04)
• Finding law review articles and cases on legal topics (2:31)
• Finding a specific legal statute (2:52)

Nursing

• Doing research in Nursing--Basic searching (3:56)
• Doing research in Nursing--Advanced searching (6:15)
• Doing research in Nursing--Evidence-based practice resources (3:53)

Videos Collection

• Finding videos (3:19)
• Reserving library videos - for faculty (2:11)

eReserves

• Electronic Reserves for Faculty (10:08)
• Electronic Reserves for Students (3:35)

Turnitin

• Information on Turnitin, a plagiarism prevention program, is now available at http://www.webster.edu/faculty/turnitin/.

System requirements

These presentations require a standard web browser and Flash Player 9 or higher to view. Flash Player may be downloaded for free at http://www.adobe.com/downloads/.

• These are large files. Your computer may take a few moments to load the file.
• Navigation controls (play, pause, rewind) are located at the bottom of the window.
• These files were recorded at 1024x768. For better viewing, it may help to set your own desktop resolution to these same settings.