Contents:
How To…
Guides to Article Databases
NIH Public Access
New Students

How To…

• Use the library catalogs
  » OskiCat and Melvyl: what's the difference?
  » OskiCat Quick Guide (PDF) (UC Berkeley only)
  » Finding Library Materials with the Melvyl Catalog (UC campuses)
  » Melvyl Help (UC campuses and libraries worldwide)
• Borrow from other libraries
• Connect from off campus
• Find journal articles
• Find conference proceedings
• Find course reserves
• Find journal abbreviations
• Find standards
  » Standards at UC Berkeley
• Find technical reports
• Find information on the Internet
  » Evaluating Web Pages
  » How to Evaluate Electronic Resources
  » Finding Research Quality Information on the Internet
  » Evaluating Scholarly Content Online (movie, approx. 5 min)
  » Recommended Web Search Engines
• Renew your books
• Use AirBears wireless
• Use UC-eLinks
  » Getting started
  » UC-eLinks: Getting the Full Text of Articles (movie, approx. 4 min)
  » Using UC-eLinks with PubMed (movie, approx. 2 min)
  » Using UC-eLinks with Google Scholar (movie, approx. 2 min)

Guides to Article Databases

• Academic Search Complete
  » Searching (movie, 3mm:24ss)
  » Viewing full text (movie, 1mm:58ss)
• Beilstein CrossFire/Gmelin
• BIOSIS Previews
  » Quick Guide (PDF)
  » Advanced subject searching (movie, approx. 3 min)
• Business Source Complete
  » Tutorial (movie: approx. 3 min)
• CINDAS Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database
  » MPMD Tutorial (PDF)
• CINDAS Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database
  » TPMD Tutorial (PDF)
• Cochrane Library (free sign-in required)
  » Introduction (movie, approx. 8mm)
  » Advanced and MeSH searching (movie, approx. 7mm)
  » Saved searches and email alerts (movie, approx. 7mm)
• Compendex
  » Quick Guide
  » Importing Compendex records to RefWorks
• CSA Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
  » How to Create and Use CSA Alerts
• GeoRef on CSA
• INSPEC
  » Quick Guide
  » Saved Searches Guide
• Knovel
  » Search Tips
  » Help Guide (PDF)
• MathSciNet
• PubChem (chemical structures and data)
  » 12 PubChem videos (UC Berkeley Chemistry Library)
• PubMed
  » Introduction to searching
  » Quick Guide(PDF)
  » MeSH tutorials (movies)
  » Saving Searches and Creating Alerts (movie, approx. 2 min)
  » My NCBI Help (PDF)
  » Importing PubMed records to EndNote (movie, approx. 2 min)
  » Importing PubMed records to RefWorks (movie, approx. 2 min)
• SciFinder Scholar Web
  » Web Edition Quick Guide
• Web of Science
  » Quick reference (PDF)
  » Quick Guide
  » Creating Email, RSS and Citation Alerts (movie, approx. 3 min)
  » Cited reference searching
  » Quick Guide to Cited Reference Searching
  » Saved Searches Guide
  » FAQs

NIH Public Access

• NIH Public Access Policy
• Submitting an article to PubMed Central (movie, approx. 12 min)
• FAQs

New Students

• Library Tips for New Students

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