How Do I? UW Libraries
How Do I? UW Libraries
UW Libraries
Short video tutorials from UW Libraries on common library questions, like how to: access resources from off-campus; find full-text articles, electronic books, e-newspapers, dvds and video, chemical data and more; organize citations, use research databases, search tips and much more.
Exporting from EBSCO to Refworks
How do I export citations from an EBSCO database into Refworks?
Dec 1, 2010
2 min
Google Scholar
How to set up Google Scholar
Nov 17, 2010
1 min
What is a Scholarly Journal Article?
Chances are you'll need to find a scholarly journal article for a research paper or project in the near future. But, wait, what is a scholarly journal article? How is it different from a popular source like a newspaper or magazine article? Let's reduce the confusion on scholarly journal articles.
Oct 1, 2010
3 min
FIG: Intro to the Libraries
Library research class intro for the 2010 Freshman Interest Group (FIGs) Research and Discovery Project
Oct 1, 2010
5 min
TRIG: Intro to the Libraries
Library research class intro for the 2010 Transfer Interest Group (TRIGs) Research and Discovery Project
Oct 1, 2010
5 min
How do I find journal articles in political science and public affairs?
If you're studying public policy and international studies, there's one resource you should know about: it's called PAIS, Public Affairs Information Service.
Oct 1, 2010
3 min
How Do I listen to articles?
The databases that offer audio of their articles include: Factiva, Wilson Web, Academic OneFile, Library Press Display, and Gale Virtual Reference.
Jun 4, 2010
2 min
How do I find engineering data?
Compendex and Inspec allow you to search for scholarly journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, technical standards and more.
Apr 16, 2010
3 min
How do I find engineering conference proceedings?
Conference proceedings can be tricky to find since sometimes they are cataloged individually (like a book) or as a series (like a journal). This tutorial will give you some tips on tracking down the proceedings you are looking for.
Apr 16, 2010
2 min
How Do I Stay Current with Email Alerts?
There are many ways you can stay up to date using tools like email alerts or RSS feeds to learn about new articles or books from your favorite journals or databases. In this tutorial, we will show you how to setup email alerts from journals and the UW Library Catalog.
Mar 12, 2010
2 min