Tutorials & Videos
Videos require the Flash player (most computers come with it installed) and run from one to five minutes.
MERLIN Catalog and Book Locations
- Find books about an author (MU Libraries, 2:09)
- Locate books by call number in Ellis Library (MU Libraries, 1:31)
- Renew your books online (MU Libraries, 1:03)
- Save MERLIN searches to re-run later (MU Libraries, 1:33)
- Request books from the Depository (books in storage) (MU Libraries, 1:30)
Locate Articles
- Locate an online or print copy of an article for which you have a citation (MU Libraries, 4:07)
- Locate an online or print copy of an article you find in a library database (MU Libraries, 2:49)
- Set up Google Scholar to link to copies of articles (online or print) provided by MU (MU Libraries, 1:22)
- Articles: Scholarly vs Popular Periodicals (Vanderbilt University, 3:12)
- CINAHL - Basic Keyword Search (MU Health Sciences Library, about 2 minutes)
- Scopus
Improve Your Search Technique
- Boolean Operators (University of Auckland, 4:52)
Tools and Apps for Bibliographic Research
- Organizing and Formatting Citations using EndNote: Video Tutorials (Yale Medical Library)
- Organizing and Formatting Citations using Zotero: Screencast Tutorials (Zotero.org)
- Coming Soon: MU's LibX Toolbar (MU Libraries)
Cite Sources, Avoid Plagiarism
- Plagiarism Tutorial (MU Libraries)
- You Quote it, You Note it! (Acadia University)
- Plagiarism & Academic Integrity (Rutgers University)
- Citing Sources
Understand and Evaluate Information
- The Information Cycle (Penn. State University), a short video on how information is created.
- Evaluating Web Pages