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Welcome/Overview of Library Resources        
English [3:04]    
Arabic [3:09]
Farsi [4:39]
French [3:38]
Mandarin [3:19]
Punjabi [3:29]
Russian [3:06]
Spanish [3:08]
Tagalog [4:08]
Urdu [4:18]
Quick Tips      
How to read a call number in 90 seconds [1:30]      
How to find databases on the Library website [1:44]      
Tours      
Killam Quest Virtual Tour [20:00]      
Killam Self-guided Podcast Tour [10:00] MP3 MP3  
Sexton Library Tour [2:05]    
Doing Research with the Dal Libraries Website [3:31]      
Citing and Writing      
Anatomy of an APA Journal Citation [4:29]      
APA Format - 1. Format and Margins [1:27]      
APA Format - 2. Spacing [1:43]      
APA Format - 3. Title Page [3:33]      
Citing Sources [7:00]      
Paraphrasing [4:30]      
Writing a Research Paper - Part One [5:13]      
Writing a Research Paper - Part Two [3:13]      
You Quote It, You Note It - includes quiz [10:00]    
Distance Education Committee      
This is your DalCard [0:42]      
How to Find a Scholarly Article [1:00]      
Finding Books at Dalhousie [0:49]      
Finding Subject Specific Information at Dalhousie [1:15]      
An Introduction to Document Delivery for Distance Education [2:56]      
Finding Articles      
CINAHL - Basic [7:14]      
Citation Linker [4:17]    
Compendex Database - Saving Searches [2:13]
CSA Databases - Basic [4:34]    
Ebsco Databases - Basic [4:47]    
EMBASE - How to search with key subheadings      
Get it @ Dal [2:37]
Journal Citation Reports [2:24]    
PubMed Searching - Basic [6:45]      
Persistent URLs - What are they? [2:31]
Persistent URLs - How to make one [3:42]
Proquest Databases - Basic [5:32]
Prowler - Find Articles on a Topic [1:37]
Prowler - Interpreting Results[2:04]
Scientific Journal Literature [4:01]    
Web of Science - Basic [2:28]
Web of Science - Analysis Tools [3:58]
Web of Science - Cited Reference Search [2:29]
Finding Books and other materials      
Finding Books on Reserve [1:11]
Novanet - Finding Books by Author [2:00]
Novanet - Finding Books by Title [1:26]
Novanet - Finding Books by Topic [2:01]
Novanet - Finding EBooks [1:51]
Novanet - Finding Journals [2:15]
Novanet - How to read a Call Number [3:08]
Novanet - Limiting a search [1:58]
Novanet Express [1:57]
Novanet - Outputting Results [2:08]
Novanet - Your Library Account [2:05]
WorldCat - Basic Search [3:45]    
WorldCat - Advanced [3:54]
Other Research Resources      
Email Alerting for Biomedical Sciences (Overview) [5:22]
Finding Patents [2:05]
Finding Standards [2:18]
Finding Technical Reports [1:48]
Finding Theses at Sexton [2:23]
Refworks - Introduction [2:09]      
RefWorks - Importing PubMed records - no audio [3:25]  
Services      
Research at a Distance [5:00]      
Document Delivery [5:01]
Document Delivery for Distance Students [5:01]
Novanet Express [1:57]
Remote Access to Library Resources [2:30]      
Subject specific      
Architecture – Avery Index & Design and Applied Arts Index [2:51]      
Architecture - Finding Images with ArtStor [3:16]    
Architecture - Finding Articles and Images with JSTOR [2:08]    
Engineering - ASTM Digital Library [2:23]    
Engineering - Chemical Industry Research [5:00]      
Engineering - Searching for e-books in Knovel [2:49]    
Evidence Based Practice - One - Clinical Questions [4:05]  
Evidence Based Practice - Two - Search Strategy [2:22]  
Evidence Based Practice - Three - Searching PubMed [4:05]      
Evidence Based Practice - Four - Clinical Queries in PubMed [4:19]      
Evidence Based Practice - Five - Cochrane Library [3:33]      
Food Science - Industry Research Guide [5:00]      
Nursing - Information Sources [5:59]
Pharmacy - Clinical Practice Guidelines [4:00]      
Pharmacy - Drug Identification [5:00]      
Pharmacy - Drug Safety [4:00]      
Pharmacy - Finding Health Technology Assessments [4:00]      
Pharmacy - Getting Started [5:00]      
Pharmacy - Keep Up-To-Date [4:30]      
Pharmacy - Where is the Evidence [5:00]      
Psychology - Library Resources [14:45]    
Social Work - Introduction to Website [5:22]      
Social Work - Finding Articles [5:24]
Social Work - Searching Databases - Part One [10:00]  
Social Work - Searching Databases - Part Two [13:17]  
Social Work - Basic Social Statistics [5:50]