Tips & Tutorials

Your Library account

• Your Library Account [PDF, 763 KB]

Writing & research guides

• BCIT web evaluation game (runtime 10 minutes)
• Evaluating Web Sites [PDF, 150 KB]
• Citation Styles
• Google Power Searching [PDF, 294 KB]
• Mastering Google for Health Information (runtime 12 minutes)
• Internet Detective : Wise up to the web
• Plagiarism [PDF, 174 KB]
• What is Plagiarism ? (runtime 5 minuntes)
• Research Tips [PDF, 73 KB]
• Evaluating Statistical Information [PDF, 1.5 MB]
• Scholarly Versus Popular FAQ [PDF, 140 KB]

Database guides

• Books 24x7 : video tutorials and help sheet
• Cinahl : video tutorials and help sheet
• myEBSCO : setting up your account [PDF, 88 KB]
• EBSCO : Including Article Links in Your Web Course [PDF, 171 KB]
• IEEE Stay Up to Date Guide [PDF, 1.8 MB]
• IEEE Xplore Basic & Advanced [PDF, 1 MB]
• Knovel : Basic & Fielded Search and Using Interactive Analysis Tools
• Labour Spectrum [PDF]
• NFPA Codes and Standards Help Sheet [PDF, 91 KB]
• Marine Technology Abstracts Database Help Sheet [PDF, 58 KB]
• PCensus : video tutorials and help sheets
• ProQuest : setting up your account 

Searching tips  

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