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Online Library Tutorials

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These online tutorials will teach you how to use the library, search our resources more effectively, and improve your research skills. 

These tutorials are available in a variety of formats, such as videos, HTML tutorials, and Canvas modules. Some of these have been produced by other libraries but have been handpicked by Randall Librarians.

Are you an instructor looking for an asynchronous tutorial not found below? We are happy to work with you to meet your course's needs. Please email Stephanie Crowe, Associate Director, Academic and Research Engagement, at crowes [at] uncw.edu. 

Getting Started

Developing a Search Strategy

Using Randall Library

Building Tour [ Video | 5:54 | Details ]
COVID 19 [ Video | 1:25 | Details ]
Effectively Use the Library in Your Class [ Video | 5:00 | Details ]
Get Help from Randall Library [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
Importing Content Into Your Canvas Course [ Video | 0:35 | Details ]
Library Student Central in Canvas [ .html | Details ]
Microfiche - How to Load [ Video | 0:18 | Details ]
Microfiche - Using [ Video | 6:06 | Details ]
Microfilm - Loading onto a ScanPro 2000 Machine [ Video | 1:05 | Details ]
Microfilm Navigation with ScanPro 2000 [ Video | 1:16 | Details ]
Overview of the Randall Library Search Interfaces [ Video | 2:00 | Details ]
Services & Resources for Distance Learners [ Video | 2:10 | Details ]
Special Collections [ Video | 4:20 | Details ]
Welcome for International Students [ Video | 1:20 | Details ]

Types of Publications

Research Overview

Finding Books and Articles

Finding Books & Videos

Finding Articles

Searching Specific Resources for Articles and More

Searching Specific Resources for Articles and More

Access World News - Finding International News [ Video | 2:20 | Details ]
Artstor "Groups" Exported into PowerPoint [ Video | 0:40 | Details ]
Google Scholar - Linking to Library Resources [ Video | 1:30 | Details ]
Google Scholar - Using "Cited by" [ Video | 1:09 | Details ]
Locate Full Text Using ERIC [ Video | 3:41 | Details ]
ProQuest Congressional - Legislative Histories [ Video | 0:30 | Details ]
PsycINFO [ Video | 5:20 | Details ]
PsycINFO / PsycARTICLES - Empirical Research [ Video | :30 | Details ]
Randall Library Search Box - Advanced Searching [ Video | 3:35 | Details ]
Randall Library Search Box - Overview [ Video | 1:55 | Details ]
Wall Street Journal [ Video | 2:11 | Details ]
Web of Science - Accessing publications [ Video | 8:00 | Details ]
Wikipedia: Beneath the Surface [ Video | 6:41 | Details ]

Getting Items from Other Libraries

Getting Items from Other Libraries

Citing and Evaluating Your Sources

Citing and Evaluating Your Sources

Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction [ Video | 1:54 | Details ]
APA Crash Course 7th Ed. [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
EndNote Basic - Editing References [ Video | 2:10 | Details ]
EndNote Basic - Exporting from Web of Science [ Video | 3:00 | Details ]
EndNote Basic - Formatting Bibliographies [ Video | 3:00 | Details ]
Evaluating Sources [ Video | 3:30 | Details ]
Factual or Opinion [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
MLA 8th Edition Tutorial [ Video | 4:30 | Details ]
MLA Crash Course 8th Ed. [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
Navigating the Academic Publishing Landscape [ .html | Self-Paced | Details ]
Recognizing Plagiarism [ .html | Self-Paced | Details ]
Using Images From the Web [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
What is plagiarism? [ Video | 2:40 | Details ]
Zotero Introduction [ Video | 9:00 | Details ]

Course Tutorials

Course-Specific Tutorials

ART 476 [ Video | 2:35 | Details ]
BIO 335 - Web of Science - Search techniques [ Video | 25:45 | Details ]
COM 200 [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
CRM 105 (Criminology) Research Tutorial [ Video | 2:50 | Details ]
ENG 101 [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
ENG 103/201 [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
First-Year Seminar - Using the Search Box [ Video | 3:12 | Details ]
HON 110 (First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar) [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
HON 110 - Introduction to Library Resources [ Video | 4:48 | Details ]
HST 290 Canvas Modules [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
IDS 300 (Inter-Disciplinary Studies) [ Video | 2:30 | Details ]
INT (International Studies) - Interdisciplinary Research [ Video | 1:54 | Details ]
INT 300 (Interdisciplinary and International Studies) [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
PBH 105 Explorations in Public Health - Finding and Understanding Scholarly Sources [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
PIA Research Strategies [ Video | 4:30 | Details ]
SOC/CRM (Sociology/Criminology) Research Strategies [ Video | 5:30 | Details ]
SOC/CRM 300 (Sociology/Criminology) [ Canvas Commons | Self-paced | Details ]
THR 165 - Finding Articles & Books [ Video | 3:20 | 2:20 | Details ]
THR 165 Canvas Module [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced. | Details ]
UNI 101 (First Year Seminar) [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]
UNI 101/201 - Introduction to Library Resources [ Video | 4:48 | Details ]
UNI 201 (Transfer Seminar) [ Canvas Commons | Self-Paced | Details ]

CHHS

CINAHL - A few last things [ Video | 7:40 | Details ]
CINAHL - Just the basics [ Video | 5:30 | Details ]
CINAHL - Subject Headings [ Video | 10:00 | Details ]
CINAHL- Advanced Searching [ Video | 10:00 | Details ]
Cochrane Library [ Video | 10:45 | Details ]
DNP - Literature Search Tutorials [ Video | 25:00 | Details ]
Google - Using to Search for Articles in the Health Sciences [ Video | 11:00 | Details ]
Introductory Nursing Tutorial [ Video | 5:22 | Details ]
Nursing Reference Center - Care Sheets [ Video | 0:30 | Details ]
Ovid - Search Builder 7:30 | Details ]
Ovid - Subject Searching [ Video | 5:40 | Details ]
Ovid Medline [ Video | 13:15 | Details ]
PubMed - Find Articles on a Topic [ .html | Self-Paced | Details ]
PubMed - Get the Full Text [ .html | Self-Paced | Details ]
R2 Digital Library [ Video | 3:00 | Details ]
UpToDate [ Video | 8:10 | Details ]
Visible Body Human Anatomy Atlas [ Video | 0:30 | Details ]
Visible Body Human Anatomy Atlas - Key Features [ Video | 10:05 | Details ]

Makerspace Tutorials

Makerspace

Adobe Illustrator [ Video | 6:05 | Details ]
Adobe Premiere Pro 1 [ Video | 3:05 | Details ]
Adobe Premiere Pro 2 [ Video | 3:35 | Details ]
Adobe Premiere Pro 3 [ Video | 5:25 | Details ]
DMS Introduction [ Video | 1:10 | Details ]
DMS Recycling [ Video | 1:05 | Details ]
InDesign 1 [ Video | 6:10 | Details ]
InDesign 2 [ Video | 5:30 | Details ]
TinkerCAD 1 [ Video | 4;35 | Details ]
TinkerCAD 2 [ Video | 4:45 | Details ]

Community and K-12

History and Society

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My Research Strategy

The "My Research Strategy" tool will walk you through the steps of creating a research strategy for your specific topic.

Randall Library on the Web

youtube Watch our videos on YouTube.

screencast Watch our videos on Screencast

 See our modules (search the Canvas Commons for "Randall Library")