Online Tutorials

 Information Literacy Modules

• Social Sciences Inquiry (2012) - Includes:
  • Introduction to McMaster University Libraries
  • Choosing Sources
  • Creating a Search Strategy
  • Library Databases
  • Searching Social Sciences Abstracts
  • Searching for Books
  • Evaluating Information
  • Searching the Web Effectively
  • Evaluating Websites
  • Citing Sources
  • Creative Commons Copyright
• Sociology (2012) - Includes:
  • Introduction to McMaster University Libraries
  • Creating a Search Strategy
  • Library Databases
  • Finding Journal Articles Using Sociological Abstracts
  • Analyzing Results
  • Citing Sources

Databases / e-Resources / Research Tutorials

• CINAHL via EBSCOhost (HSL)
• Cochrane Library (HSL)
• DOT@MAC: Interactive Research Tutorial
• Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial (UC Berkeley Library)
• LexisNexis Academic Video Tutorials (LexisNexis)
• Ovid Databases (e.g., EMBASE, MEDLINE, etc.) (HSL)
• PubMed Tutorial (National Library of Medicine)
• ProQuest Platform Videos (ProQuest)
• RACER (Interlibrary Loan) (University of Waterloo)
  • Finding Books
  • Finding Journal Articles
  • Blank Request Forms
  • My Requests
• RefWorks
  • RefWorks Tutorials (ProQuest)
  • RefWorks 2.0 Quick Start Guide
  • RefWorks 2.0 Guide (Scholars Portal)
• SciFinder Web
• Web of Science
  • Web of Science (HSL & Thomson Reuters)
  • Track Citations Using Web of Science

Last Reviewed: September 26, 2012