Tutorials and guides
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Quick
guide to using the library (text-only guide)
Library Overview (audio/video)
A brief overview of Library resources and services. (3 minutes)
Academic Search
Complete (audio/video)
Learn how to find full text articles on most topics in Academic Search Complete. This tutorial can also assist you in using CINAHL,
MEDLINE, & Health Business.
(7 minutes)
CINAHL (audio/video)
Learn how to find full text articles in the area of nursing.
FirstSearch/WilsonSelectPlus
(audio/video)
Learn how to find additional full text articles on most topics in WilsonSelectPlus. (10 minutes)
LIBROS
(audio/video)
Learn how to find books in LIBROS, an online catalog with over 2 million books and documents. You can
then request the available books to be mailed to you through interlibrary loan. (6 minutes)
ILLiad (audio/video)
Learn how to request books or articles through Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad). (5 minutes)
Using Google Scholar (audio/video)
Find out how to use Google Scholar in conjunction with the WGU library to find even more resources for your research
Finding reliable information on the web (audio/video)
Know what to look for when you need to find reliable online resources
What's the Difference Between Scholarly and Popular Journals? (audio/video)
Doing Graduate Research at WGU (audio/video)
Find out how to conduct graduate-level research using the WGU library.
EBSCO database tutorials (audio/video)
Includes Academic Search Premier and CINAHL.
Choose the second one, Advanced Search with Guided Style (produced by EBSCO - 4 minutes)
General Tutorials and Website Evaluations
Cornell University's 5 Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
Finding Information on the Internet (University of California, Berkeley)