Online Tutorials
These instructional videos cover many different topics relating to research and many are less than 2 minutes long.
Welcome to the Libraries
Welcome to Dal Libraries Video
Welcome to Dalhousie Libraries Online
MacRae Library Tour
Sexton Library Tour
Welcome to the Kellogg Library
MacRae Library Tour
UGME Welcome Video
Library Services for Faculty
RIM Library Services
Quick tips for using Dal Libraries
Registering your DalCard as your library card
How to find databases on the Libraries' website
How to get online research help from the Dalhousie Libraries
Remote access to library resources
Renewing books in Novanet
How do you know if an assignment is a research assignment?
How to read a call number
Subject-specific tutorials
Evidence Based Practice
1: Clinical questions
2: Search strategy
3: Searching PubMed
4: Clinical queries in PubMed
5: Cochrane Library
Nursing information sources
Social Work
What is a database?
Searching a social work database
Finding a specific article
Finding dissertations
Finding government documents
Finding media sources
Health Sciences
Truncation, wildcard, and proximity operator searching
Search Translation: Medline to Embase
Search Translation: Medline to CINAHL
Search Translation: Medline to the Cochrane Library
Finding pharmaceutical compounding information
Health Sciences Point of Care Tools
Email Alerts in the Health Sciences
Searching with Ovid Medline
Business
Introduction to Factiva
Introduction to MarketLine
Data
Part 1: Accessing SDA@CHASS & downloading data
Part 2: Using SDA@CHASS to view data
Archives
Archives catalogue and clipboard
Introduction to the BagIt File Packaging Format
Libraries' File Transfer Service
History
What are primary sources?
Finding primary sources
Open Access
Records Management
Introduction to Dalhousie University Records Management
Introduction to DalCLASS
Finding books
Finding print books in Novanet
Placing holds in Novanet
Renewing books in Novanet
Finding books outside of Nova Scotia
Finding ebooks in Novanet
Finding print course reserves in Novanet
How to read a call number at the Killam Library
Finding articles
Searching for articles in Novanet
Finding a specific article
Finding e-journals
Citation Linker / Citation Checker
Get it @ Dal
Scientific journal literature
Never pay for an article in JSTOR!
Database tutorials
CINAHL (Part 1)
CINAHL (Part 2)
Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source (DOSS)
EBSCO Databases
Embase Searching
Google Scholar
Google Searching
PubMed Searching
ProQuest Databases
Citing & Writing
Anatomy of an APA citation (7th edition) Anatomy of an APA citation (6th edition) Formatting your paper in APA
Paraphrasing
How to create a hanging indent
Writing a research paper
Document Delivery
Document Delivery
Document Delivery for distance students
Finding books outside Nova Scotia
Copyright Office
Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Copyright at Universities
Module 3: When to Think About Copyright
Module 4: Owner Rights
Module 5: User Rights
Module 6: Licensing
Module 7: Openly Licensed Materials
Permalinks in Brightspace
Licensing Resources