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Tutorials for Library Research Databases

These tutorials provide instruction for using library research databases effectively.  Access to many of these tutorials requires downloading the Macromedia Flash plug-in.  Further instructions are available for downloading and installing the Flash plug-in.
Biosis Previews  
Biosis Previews combines Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reviews, Reports, Meetings) into one unified database.  It provides comprehensive coverage of worldwide journal articles in the life sciences from 1980 to the present.  This website, from the publishers of Biosis/Biological Abstracts provides opportunities to register for free online training classes.

Biosis/Biological Abstracts  
The ISU Library makes the Biosis Previews database available to its patrons via the WebSPIRS search interface.  This tutorial, from WebSPIRS publisher Ovid, explains how to search Biological Abstracts/Biosis by keyword, title, author, and subject; use features like the index and search history; and find alternate terms in the thesaurus.  Note: the link on the Ovid page is still "Biological Abstracts."

CAB Abstracts
CAB Abstracts, produced by the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences, provides access to International journal articles in agriculture, plant protection, forestry engineering, animal husbandry, animal and plant breeding, genetics, veterinary medicine, nutrition, rural development, and economics. This tutorial explains how to search CAB Abstracts by keyword, title, author, and subject; use features like the index and search history; and find alternate terms in the thesaurus.

EconLit
This tutorial explains how to search ECONLIT by keyword, title, author, and subject; use features like the index and search history; and find alternate terms in the thesaurus.

EiCompendex
This tutorial explains how to search EiCompendex by keyword, title, author, and subject; use features like the index and search history; and find alternate terms in the thesaurus.

ScienceDirect
This "Demo" explains many features and functions of the ScienceDirect service.  For many index and abstract databases that the ISU Library subscribes to, a ScienceDirect button at the bottom of a journal article citation will provide full text access.

SciFinder "How to" guides

SciFinder recorded training seminars

Web of Knowledge
The above link will connect you to a brief (ISI) Web of Knowledge tutorial covering product access, cross-searching, results interpretation, and online help.

WebSPIRS search interface
Many our library's databases use the WebSPIRS search interface.  The above link directs you to a page providing general information about this search interface.  Note: The WebSPIRS search interface was redesigned in December, 2003, here is a helpful comparison of the old interface and the new.

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