This guide contains video tutorials that will help you to use the many resources available at MacPhaidin Library. Below each video you will find a permanent link to the video and the code needed to embed the video within an eLearn course. Below is a description of what you will find in each of the guides subpages:
Information Literacy Skills: This page contains videos that will instruct you in basic information literacy topics, such as how to choose the right database for your research, how to find and access full-text articles, how to evaluate websites for credibility, and how to create an interlibrary loan account.
Database-Specific: The videos on this page demonstrate how to conduct searches in specific databases.
Discipline-Specific: The videos on this page demonstrate how to find scholarly and popular articles in several different databases. Each video is tailored to a specific academic discipline, like education or psychology.
Literature Reviews: Learn how to write a literature review in specific academic disciplines.
Citation: These videos contain instructions on how to create common in-text and reference list citations in frequently-used citation styles such as APA, MLA, and Chicago.
Annotated Bibliographies: Videos on this page contain instructions on how to construct an annotated bibliography in common citation styles such as APA and MLA.
PLEASE NOTE: In January, 2025 the interface of all EBSCO databases changed. EBSCO databases include Academic Search Complete, Business Source Premier, Communication and Mass Media Complete, PSYCArticles, and MLA International Bibliography. Librarians are in the process of updating EBSCO video tutorials. A video providing an overview of the new EBSCO interface is included below.
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