Database Tutorials and Guides

Most of the following tutorials have been developed by the database providers and are listed in alphabetical order by the name of the database provider.  To determine who the provider is for your database, find your database in the list of Databases A-Z and check for the provider’s name in parenthesis.  In most cases, the tutorials are generic for searching any database from that provider and do not contain information about special features of a particular database.  For more detail about special features of a database, click on Help in that database. Not all databases will have a tutorial.  For additional help with searching any database, click on the Help button in the database or ask a librarian.  Database Help Pages.

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CSA Tutorials

Quick Search
Advanced Search
Command Search 
CSA Databases at Rod Library:
ComDisDome (CSA)
Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA)
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (CSA)
PAIS International (CSA)
PILOTS Database (CSA)
Social Services Abstracts (CSA)
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)

EBSCO Tutorials

Advanced Search with Guided Style
EBSCO Databases at Rod Library:
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
America: History and Life (EBSCO)
ATLA with ATLASerials (EBSCO)  
Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
CINAHL (EBSCO) Tutorial  
Computer Science Index (EBSCO)
EconLit (EBSCO)
ERIC (EBSCO)
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCO)
Gender Studies Database (EBSCO)
Health Source: Consumer (EBSCO)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic (EBSCO)
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
Kids Search (EBSCO) Tutorial   
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
MAS Ultra: School Edition (EBSCO)
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO
Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCO)
Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Philosopher's Index (EBSCO)
Primary Search (EBSCO)
Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Searchasaurus (EBSCO) Tutorial  
Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)
SPORTDiscus (EBSCO)
Student Research Center (EBSCO)
Textile Technology Index (EBSCO)
TOPICsearch (EBSCO)
Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCO)

JSTOR Tutorials

LexisNexis Tutorial 

LexisNexis Databases at Rod Library:
LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Congressional
LexisNexis Statistical

ProQuest Tutorials 

ProQuest Databases at Rod Library:
ABI/INFORM Complete (ProQuest)
Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Northern Iowa (ProQuest)
Dissertations & Theses: A&I (ProQuest)
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus (ProQuest)
Hoover's Company Records (ProQuest)
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text (ProQuest)
International Index to Performing Arts (ProQuest)
Music & Performing Arts Online (ProQuest)
New York Times (1851-2006): ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Wilson Tutorials 

Select Core Collections Databases for the following Wilson databases:
Children's Core Collection (Wilson)
Middle and Junior High Core Collection (Wilson)
Senior High Core Collection (Wilson)

Select Full Text Databases for the following Wilson databases:
Education Full Text (Wilson)
Library Literature and Information Science Full Text (Wilson)

Select Bibliographic Databases for the following Wilson databases:
Education Index Retrospective (Wilson)
Readers' Guide Index (Wilson)
Readers’ Guide Retrospective (Wilson)

Other Tutorials