2024 Library Tour
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Library Database Tutorials | |
Academic Search Complete: An Introduction (6:05 minutes) This video describes how to find articles using Academic Search Complete; a multi-disciplinary database which provides full text for more than 8,500 periodicals, including full text for over 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. | |
Business Source Complete: An Introduction (6:14 minutes) This video describes how to find articles using Business Source Complete, a scholarly business database providing indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals, dating back as far as 1886.
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OneSearch: An Introduction (6:54 minutes) A video that demonstrates how to access and search OneSearch, a tool which allows you to search the vast majority of the Library's resources. | |
OneSearch: Academic Journal Articles (3:26 minutes) This video demonstrates how to find academic journal articles in OneSearch. | |
PsycINFO Tutorial (3:58 minutes) A video highlighting the PsycINFO database, a database which contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in the field of psychology. |
How-To Tutorials | |
Ask Us Live Chat (00:58 minutes) This video demonstrates how and when to use the Library's Ask Us Live Chat box. | |
Call Numbers & How to Find Books in Robertson Library (5:54 minutes) | |
Finding Scholarly or Academic Books (3:28 minutes) This instructional video describes how to identify scholarly or academic books. | |
Grammarly (9:22 minutes) A video that demonstrates how to access and use Grammarly, an automated revision tool that helps you identify ways to improve spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and style in your writing. | |
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) (2:56 minutes) This video tutorial demonstrates the process of requesting materials from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. | |
This video describes the various equipment you can borrow from the Library, including laptops and computer accessories. | |
Library Catalogue: An Introduction (5:05 minutes) This introductory tutorial describes how to access and search the Library Catalogue. | |
This webpage describes how to use the Proxy Bookmarklet, a "one-click" tool added to your browser's toolbar, which helps you get off-campus access to Library resources without having to browse from the Library website. | |
The Web is a popular place for finding research material. However, finding high-quality material on the web and critically assessing the material you find are valuable skills that take time to master. | |
RefWorks: How To Log In To Your Account (1:03 minutes) This video demonstrates how to access a RefWorks account. RefWorks is a tool that you can use to store and manage your citations or bibliographical references. | |
RefWorks: The Basics (7:46 minutes) This video demonstrates how to use RefWorks to store, organize, insert, and format citations for research papers. | |
Subject Guides and Subject Librarians (1:39 minutes) This video demonstrates how to access information on subject guides and subject librarians on the Library website. | |
Basic Academic Skills Video Series (Various) This series of videos is aimed at secondary and post-secondary students who want to learn more about researching and writing. |