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Instructional Videos on Library Resources and Services

Instructions: Click on the appropriate link to download and watch the following instructional videos to gain a better understanding of various library resources (including the library catalog and electronic databases) and library services (such as interlibrary loan and virtual reference).

Topic
Duration

America: History & Life (script)
Search for citations and some full-text articles about American and Canadian history and culture.

4:13 minutes

AquaBrowser (script)
Use AquaBrowser to search our online catalog in a visual manner with Web 2.0 features.

3:32 minutes

Digital Newspapers (script)
The digital edition of the New York Times is shown.

3:50 minutes

EBSCOhost (script)
We are currently reworking this video to reflect the new EBSCO interface.

 

EndNote Web on Web of Science (script)
Use EndNote Web to create citations on Web of Science.

3:58 minutes

EndNote X4
Use Endnote X4 to search online bibliographic databases, organize references, images and PDFs in any language, and create bibliographies and figure lists instantly.

5:01 minutes

ERIC (script)
Use ERIC to find bibliographic records of education literature.

5:44 minutes

InfoTrac (script)
Use InfoTrac to search a wide variety of subjects.

4:06 minutes

Interlibrary Loan from Traditional Catalog (script)
This video clip walks you through all of the steps to submit a request for interlibrary loan for a book or journal not owned by the BHSU Library from the traditional online catalog.

3:43 minutes

JSTOR (script)
Find scholarly journal articles in this interdisciplinary database.

4:26 minutes

Literature Online with MLA (script)
A fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 197 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

3:26 minutes

Online Catalog Search (script)
With this video you will learn how to use our online catalog.

2:56 minutes

Metalib and SFX (script)
Find full-text articles by searching all of our databases in one spot.

4:08 minutes

Points of View (script)
Points of View is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.

3:16 minutes

Project MUSE (script)
Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.

4:17 minutes

ProQuest Search (script)
Find articles from magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.

4:23 minutes

ScienceDirect (script)
ScienceDirect contains full-text journals in science, technology and medicine.

2:34 minutes

SIRS (script)
SIRS Knowledge Source (SKS) is a comprehensive database portal that provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, the arts, and the humanities. Full-text articles and Internet resources are carefully selected from thousands of domestic and international publications and respected organizations with strict criteria for reliability and age-appropriateness.

2:34 minutes

Web of Science (script)
Science and Social Science article searching.

5:32 minutes