Information skills: Gather your resources

Google Scholar is a good place to look if you can be specific about what you need.

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• Find an article in a database (EBSCO) [PDF] 
• Find a Standard in Standards New Zealand database [PDF]
• Using Gale Academic OneFile database [PDF]
• Using eTV [PDF]
• Using Proquest Central database [PDF]
• Using Joanna Briggs database [Video]
• Using Ovid nursing database [PDF] 
• Using Pubmed [Video]
• Using Pubmed, CINAHL, Proquest & Ovid to find MeSH headings [PDF]
• Using Science Direct database [PDF]
• What is a peer-reviewed article [PDF]
• Using Google Scholar and more [PDF]
• What are primary and secondary sources [PDF]
• Troubleshooting access to databases [PDF]
• Clearing your cache in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox [Website]
• How to access Vital Source ebooks [PDF]
• Template example for search strategies to use in databases [PDF]

How-To Information

Searching and Browsing

• Basic Search
• Advanced Search
• Applying Filters to Your Search
• Applying Search Modes
• Applying Expanders
• Managing Multiple Results
• Reading an Article
• Translating the User Interface
• Searching Publications
• Browsing Subjects
• Browsing CINAHL/MeSH Headings
• Combining Searches in your Search History

Using the Dashboard

• Using the Dashboard
• Creating a Personal Account
• Creating Projects
• Creating and Managing Journal Alerts
• Creating and Managing Search Alerts
• Saving Searches

Using the Tools

• Using the Bookmark Feature
• Sharing Articles and eBooks
• Printing EBSCO Full Text Articles
• Translating Online Full Text
• Using Text-to-Speech to read full text
• Using the Cite and Export Tool
• Saving articles to Google Drive
• Saving articles to Microsoft OneDrive

Popular EBSCO databases include:

• Academic Search complete
• Business Source Complete
• CINAHL Ultimate

Start your research by searching encyclopedias and dictionaries for definitions of key terms and background information.