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Don’t know how or where to search for articles for your assignments using the library’s online subscription databases?
The HOW IT WORKS link will take you to MURALS, an online series of library user guides to help you in your search for library materials from Connors’ subscription and non-subscription databases. The user guides consist of brief, 1-3 minute Flash tutorials on a specific topic. Simply click on the name of the tutorial as listed on the HOW IT WORKS page and a Flash video tutorial will appear within 2-10 seconds.
There are 7 HOW IT WORKS categories. They are:
- HOW IT WORKS – SUBSCRIPTION PERIODICAL DATABASES provides an introduction to the 25+ databases Connors has provided by the vendor, EBSCO; the 5 databases provided by the vendor, ProQuest; and, the 5 databases provided by the vendor, Gale/Cengage, also known as InfoTrac.
- HOW IT WORKS – NON-SUBSCRIPTION PERIODICAL DATABASES provides information on SCIRUS, the scientific research web search tool: (SCIRUS may be found on the Library’s main web page under the SUBJECT INDEX under Search Engines.
- HOW IT WORKS – NEWS MEDIA provides information on two popular news media – CNN and MSN.
- HOW IT WORKS – READY REFERENCE provides information on the some of the most popular general reference sites available on the SUBJECT INDEX tab on the Library’s main web page.
- HOW IT WORKS – MEDICAL INFORMATION provides information on several popular and authoritative online medical sites.
- HOW IT WORKS – GOVERNMENT RESOURCES provides information on the a couple of informative government web sites:
- HOW IT WORKS – COLLEGE & CAREER GUIDANCE provides information on an education, a subject guide and a career site.
Click on the HOW IT WORKS link anywhere on this page to access tutorials related to the topics outlined above .
