Getting Started: Using the Library for Research

The slideshows below will take you through the steps of searching for articles using the library's databases. Use the mouse or the arrows on your keyboard to move to the next step.

• 1st slideshow: how to find articles using the OneSearch tool from the library's homepage - OneSearch will collect articles from several of the library's subscription resources.
• 2nd slideshow: how to access databases individually - some will be specific to particular disciplines

1. Search for Articles in OneSearch

2. How to Access Individual Databases 

VIDEO: Searching the 'Academic Search Complete' Database

Academic Search Complete is a great place to start your research for articles, since it is multidisciplinary - meaning it contains articles on a variety of subjects! You can find and limit your results by source formats: scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles, magazines, newspapers and trade journals.

This quick video will go over how to get access to the full text of an article from one of our databases.

Watch this video to learn how to set up your settings in Google Scholar that will link the articles in your results to those you have access to through the library. It makes searching Google Scholar much easier!