Library Instruction Handouts
This page is no longer updated. Please see the USU Library LibGuides for updated handouts and instruction guides.
Instructional materials on this page are covered by a Creative Commons copyright.
Database and Software Help Guides
Article Linker: Guide for using Article Linker to locate copies
of articles.
Creator: Wendy Holliday
Date: Fall 2005
pdf | Word
Business Source Premier: Guide to searching the article database
Business Source Premier.
Creator: Britt Fagerheim
Date: Fall 2005
pdf | ppt
Elements with Epson 4990 Scanner: Tips for scanning photos and
documents using Photoshop Elements with the Epson Perfection 4990
scanners.
Creator: Heather Leary
Date: Fall 2005
pdf | Word
Historical New York Times: Guide to searching the Historical New York Times database for articles published on a specific date.
Creator: Deleyne Wentz
Date: Spring 2006
pdf | Word
ICPSR: Instructions for finding and downloading the Institute
for Social Research data sets at the University of Michigan.
Creator:
Date:
pdf | Word
PsycInfo: Tips on searching in the PsycInfo database.
Creator: Betty Dance and Deleyne Wentz
Date: Fall 2006
pdf | Word
PubMed Guide: Searching guide to PubMed (Medline), a
bibliographic database created and maintained by the National
Library of Medicine.
Creator: Flora Shrode
Date: January 2005
htm
Web of Science Handout: Guide to taking advantage of the search
options in the Web of Science database.
Creator: Flora Shrode
Date: Spring 2006
pdf | Word
Exercises
Keyword Exercise: Exercise for brainstorming keywords and a
comparisons of searching with keywords in the library catalog and journal databases.
Creator:
Date: April 2003
pdf | Word
Organizing My Research: A worksheet to help students organize
their research around the questions of 1) what do I know, 2) what
do I need to know, and 3) where do I begin to look for answers?
Can be used independently or in conjunction with the OMR tutorial.
Creator: Sharolyn Ericksen
Date: 2004
pdf | Word
Research Log : Guide for recording search terms for various
research tools and recording progress in a research log.
Creator: Deleyne Wentz
Date: September 2004
pdf | Word
Simple Research Plan: A worksheet to help students develop and organize research questions at the beginning of a project.
Creator: Wendy Holliday
Date: 2005
pdf | Word
For more information, contact Wendy Holliday, Coordinator of Library Instruction, 797-0731.
Instructional materials on this page are covered by a Creative Commons copyright.
Sample Attribution: Adapted from materials created by Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University.