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Lessons on using the research databases
Lesson 1-Accessing the databases
Lesson 2-Using topic selection resources
Lesson 3-Searching databases using key words
Lesson 4 Using limiters to control your search
Lesson 5-Advanced searching strategies
Lesson 6-Accessing newspaper databases
Lesson 1-Accessing the databases
Accessing the research databases
This lesson covers how to access the databases from the library's home page. This lesson is updated to reflect the recent changes to the university and library's websites.
Lesson 2-Using topic selection resources
Using topic selection resources
This lesson shows how to access and use several databases for help in identifying possible speech or paper topics.
Lesson 3-Searching databases using key words
Searching databases using key words
This lesson demonstrates how to search databases effectively using key words.
Lesson 4 Using limiters to control your search
Using limiters to control your search
This lesson shows how to use different limiters to control your search results.
Lesson 5-Advanced searching strategies
Searching databases using advanced search strategies
This lesson shows how to search databases using advanced strategies such as phrase searching and subject terms.
Lesson 6-Accessing newspaper databases
Accessing newspaper databases
This lesson shows how to access and use the newspaper database ProQuest Newsstream
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