Last revised: July 2009

Tutorials for Science/Engineering Information Resources

These tutorials provide an introduction to the scientific databases and bibliographic citation managers. They offer search strategies for successful searching for information and recording citations.

Most of the tutorials have been developed using different software, therefore you will need to have it on your computer. Download it for free from the web sites:

• Adobe Reader
• Adobe Shockwave Player
• Macromedia Flash Player

NOTE: All tutorials will open in a new window

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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts tutorials
Format:
Language: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean

EBSCO
EBSCO Tutorials
Format:
Language: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian

EndNote
EndNote -- from Thomson Reuters
Format:
Language: English

EndNote Web
EndNote Web -- from Thomson Reuters
Format:
Language: English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

Engineering Village
Engineering Village -- from Elsevier
Format:
Language: English

Essential Science Indicators
Essential Science Indicators -- from Thomson Reuters
Format:
Language: English, French, Spanish

How to Read a Scientific Paper
Quick Tutorial on Reading Scientific Papers -- from Purdue University Libraries
Format:
Language: English

INSPEC
INSPEC -- from Thomson Reuters
Format:
Language: English

ISI Web of Knowledge
ISI Web of Knowledge -- from Thomson Reuters
Format:
Language: Chinese, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

Journal Citation Reports® (JCR)
Journal Citation Reports -- from Thomson Reuters
Format:
Language: English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

MATLAB
MatLab Tutorial
Format:
Language: English

Netlibrary
NetLibrary Demos -- from OCLC
Format:
Language: English

Safari Tech Books Online
Training materials -- from ProQuest (PDF)
Note: Links to the available training materials are listed on the right hand side.
Format:
Language: English

Web of Science
Web of Science -- from Thomson Reuters
Format:
Language: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

WorldCat Local
WorldCat Local -- from OCLC
Format:
Language: English

• Zotero Quick Start Guide
• Getting Stuff Into Your Zotero Library

Format: HTML
Language: English

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