Database & Technology Help

Find database guides and technology help related to accessing, searching, and troubleshooting databases.

For technology questions and problems related to issues other than library databases and other library resources, contact the NSU Help Desk (a service of the Office of Information Technology).

Database and Technology Help

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Databases Guides (Help sheets & tutorials)

ABI/INFORM Global - Tutorial
ACM Digital Library - Tutorial
America: History and Life - Database tutorial (PowerPoint) (from ABC-CLIO)

Books in Print - see Global Books in Print

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) - Tutorial
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption - Tutorial
CINAHL - Tutorial
Compendex - Tutorial
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index - Tutorial

Dissertations and Theses Full Text - Tutorial

Education Full Text - Tutorial
EIU.com [country intelligence] - Database tutorial
Emerald - Tutorial
ERIC - Tutorial
ERIC - Locating dissertations in ERIC

Family & Society Studies Worldwide - Tutorial
Find It! (full text linking)
FirstSearch - Tutorial
FirstSearch - Help sheet (pdf)
First Search - Using OCLC FirstSearch (from OCLC)
FloridaCat - see WorldCat - Tutorial
Journal Finder - Tutorial

General Business File ASAP - Tutorial
Global Books in Print - Tutorial
GPO Monthly Catalog - Tutorial

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) - Tutorial
Health Reference Center - Tutorial
HeinOnline - Tutorial
Historical Abstracts - Tutorial (PowerPoint) (from ABC-CLIO)
History Study Center - Tutorial/Demo (from ProQuest)

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library - Tutorial
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books - Tutorial
InfoTrac Databases from Thomson Gale - Tutorial
InfoTrac Databases - Help sheet (pdf)

JSTOR - Tutorial

Key Business Ratios - Quick Reference Guide (pdf from D&B)

LearnATest - Help sheet (pdf)
LegalTrac - Tutorial
LexisNexis Academic - Tutorial
LexisNexis Academic - Help sheet (pdf)
Linguistics and Language Behavior - Tutorial
Link Resolver - See Find It!
Literature Resource Center - Help sheet (pdf)

MARPs, Practicums, and Applied Dissertations - Tutorial
MEDLINE - Tutorial

National Trade Data Bank - Tutorial
NetAdvantage - Tutorial
NetAdvantage - Help sheet (pdf)
NetLibrary - Tutorial
NetLibrary - Help sheet (pdf)
NewsBank Databases - Tutorial
NovaCat - Tutorial
NovaCat - Help sheet (pdf)

OVID - Help documentation is being revised. Please contact a librarian for assistance.

PapersFirst - Tutorial
Periodicals Archive Online - Tutorial
Periodicals Index Online - Tutorial
ProceedingsFirst - Tutorial
Project Muse - Help sheet (pdf)
ProQuest - Tutorial
ProQuest - Help sheet (pdf)
ProQuest - Training Resource Center (from ProQuest)
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text - Tutorial
ProQuest Newspapers - Tutorial
ProQuest Psychology Journals - Tutorial
PsycARTICLES - Tutorial
PsycINFO - Tutorial

Social Sciences Citation Index - Tutorial (from ISI)
SourceOECD - Getting Started Guide (pdf, from SourceOECD)
State of the Nation - Tutorial
StatUSA - Help sheet (pdf)

Testing & Education Reference Center - Help Sheet

Thomson Gale Databases (Powersearch) - Tutorial

Ulrichs Periodicals Directory - Tutorial

WilsonWeb - Tutorial
WilsonWeb - Help sheet (pdf)
Wilson Education Full Text - Tutorial
WorldCat - Tutorial
WorldCat Dissertations - Tutorial