Search...but how?

• Start my research? If you need a research skills review, take our InfoQuest Tutorial!
   
• Search for Books? Tutorials available on finding a book and renewing a book .
• Search for online books (ebooks)? We have thousands of books that you can read online. Click here for our our ebooks guide. 
  • ebrary tutorials (creating a personal bookshelf, searching and browsing).  

• Search for Articles? A step-by-step guide on choosing a database, entering a search, interpreting results, and obtaining the articles.
• See a list of database descriptions.
• Click here to learn how to create stable links to online resources (7:26)
• Click here to learn how to broaden your searches  (5:16)
• Click here to learn how to narrow your searches (4:37) 

Where do I:

• Start my article search? Which databases should I use?
  • EBSCOHost
    • EBSCOHost's Basic Search tutorial 
    • EBSCOHost's Advanced Search tutorial
    • EBSCOHost's Business Source Premier tutorial
  • ProQuest
    • Help with your searches (basic and advanced)
  •  JSTOR tutorial
  • OVID tutorial 
  • QP Legaleze tutorial
  • ScienceDirect tutorial
  • Web of Knowledge tutorial
  • Wiley Interscience tutorials  

• Find an article if I know the author, title, etc.?
  • Search RRU Journal List. Take our tutorial (3:13) 
     
• Find Canadian articles?
  • CBCA Education
  • CBCA Reference (for politics, news, literature, history) 

• Find a thesis?
  • Search RRU Theses and Major Projects  
  • Proquest Dissertations and Theses (for theses from other institutions)

• Look for statistics and data?
  • CANSIM: Canadian statistics; raw data
    • E-STAT: StatsCanada data and selected articles. From the RRU Library homepage, click on "Search for Articles" and select from the database menu
    • Canadian Census Analyser: click on "Search for Articles" on the RRU Library homepage and select from the database menu.
• Find subject-specific resources?
• Science:
  • Science Direct
  • SpringerLink
  • Web of Knowledge - Science Citation Indexes
  • Wiley Interscience tutorials
• Business & Marketing:
  • Finding market research reports using Business Source Premier (3:23)
  • EBSCOHost's Business Source Premier tutorial 
  • Financial Performance Indicators
  • FPInfomart
  • GMID (Global Market Information Database)
  • Mergent Online: global financial and industry information. Tutorial Part One Tutorial Part Two
• Law:
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic tutorials
  • QP Legaleze tutorials

• How do I keep current?
  • Using RSS in library databases 
  • Using email alerts in library databases 

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