tips & tutorials

Your Library Account

• Your Library Account (2 minute tutorial)
• Your Library Account [PDF, 763 KB]

Writing & Research Guides

• Evaluating Web Sites [PDF, 150 KB]
• Google Power Searching [PDF, 294 KB]
• Plagiarism [PDF, 174 KB]
• What is Plagiarism ? (runtime 5 minuntes)
• Research Tips [PDF, 73 KB]

Database Guides

• Books 24x7 - How to Register (2 minute tutorial)
• Books 24 x 7 [PDF, 245 KB]
• Cinahl Help Sheet
• Current Awareness : myEbsco [PDF, 88 KB]
• Current Awareness : Proquest [PDF, 72 KB]
• GMID: Global Market Information Database  - Euromonitor [PDF, 819 KB]
• IEEE Stay Up to Date Guide [PDF, 1.8 MB]
• IEEE Xplore Basic & Advanced [PDF, 1 MB]
• Including Article Links from EBSCO in Your Web Course [PDF, 171 KB]
• Labour Spectrum [PDF]
• Using NFPA Codes and Standards[PDF, 91 KB]
• Using the Marine Technology Abstracts Database [PDF, 58 KB]
• Using the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Digital Library [PDF, 88 KB]

PCensus Step-by-Step Guides

• PCensus video tutorials
• PCensus and PRIZM Data [PDF, 239 KB]
• PCensus Circular Areas [PDF, 974 KB]
• PCensus and Consumer Spending Data[PDF, 231 KB]
• PCensus Demographic Databases & Data Template Combinations [PDF, 161 KB]
• PCensus Target Search [PDF, 645 KB]
• PCensus Traced Polygon Areas [PDF, 596 KB]
• PCensus Predefined Areas [PDF, 551 KB]

BCIT Searching Tutorials

• Advanced Searching by Topic
• Finding Books and Videos
• Finding Journals
• Finding Journals by Topic
• Searching by Topic
• Searching Tricks

CINAHL Tutorials

• CINAHL Basic Searching  (runtime 4.5 minutes)
• CINAHL Advanced Searching  (runtime 8.5 minutes)

Mastering Google for Health Information Tutorial

• Mastering Google for Health Information (from UBC; runtime 12 minutes)

Evaluating Web Sites

• Internet Detective

Knovel Tutorials

• Basic Search, Fielded Search and Using Interactive Analysis Tools