Tutorials and Guides

Online tutorials and guides tell you how to use the library, i.e., library catalogs, subject databases, citation styles and citation management software. They also provide tips on how to do research and write papers. The tutorials and guides below have been selected to support use of the education, psychology and social science collections.

Contact a Librarian for additional and personal assistance. Faculty may also want to request an in-class instruction session or a customized online guide for research-oriented courses using bSpace. View one of the online guides below to improve your skills.

Course Guides -- Current

• Psychology 1: General Psychology (Spring 2013)
• Soc194/197 - Sociology of Education (Prof. Powers - Spring 2013)
• Education 294A: Thesis Seminar-PLI (Prof. Brill - Fall 2012)
• Education 298: Intro to Research in School Psychology. (Prof. Donohue - Fall 2012)
• Legal Studies 195A: Honors Thesis. (Fall 2012)
• Educ 290B: Study of Sport in Education (Fall 2012)

• Library 200: Smart Publishing: Rights, Impact, Social Justice.

Course Guides-- See Guide Archives for previous semesters.

Research Guides

Social Welfare Research Toolkit. Find tips for searching primary social welfare databases and discover articles, books, and citation management tools.

Education Literature Guide. Find tips for effectively searching ERIC, Education Index, and Education Research Abstracts for journal articles, documents, books, and other resources in education. Discover additional resources for scholarly literature related to education.

Library Catalog Guides

• Melvyl. The UC-wide catalog.
• OskiCat. The UC Berkeley catalog.
• UC-eLinks. The technology that links databases to UC collections.

Database Guides

• ERIC (via Department of Education, IES).
• PsycInfo Quick Guide (pdf).
• Pubmed-Medline.

Citation Management Online Resources

• RefWorks - Text tutorial.
• RefWorks alaCarte Guide for UCB users.
• RefWorks - Movie tutorial.
• RefWorks - How to Import tutorial.
• Endnote X4 Training Guide. Prepared by Sue Koskinen, UCB Physics-Astronomy Library.
• APA Citation (U of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center).
• APA Citation Style Help.
• APA Exposed. Harvard's online APA style tutorial.
• Guide to Citation Styles. (U Iowa).
• CDL Guide - Using Citation Software at UC.
• See also Citation.

Research and Writing

• Citation and Paper Writing. Education Psychology Library, UC Berkeley.
• Copyright. (UC Berkeley).
• Peer-reviewed Journals . Education Psychology Library, UC Berkeley.
• Primary and Secondary Sources . Education Psychology Library, UC Berkeley.
• Online Resources for Writers. Amherst College.
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)