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ENGL 01A Truesdale

College Composition and Reading

Library Catalog Tutorial

  • As part of your Canvas module, you will be completing an interactive OneSearch tutorial assignment, but, for convenience, the tutorial is also included below.

Reference and eBook Database Tutorials

"Britannica Online" (5:17; video clip starts at 1:01) is by Diablo Valley College Library

"An Introduction to Gale Ebooks" (5:15; video clip starts at 2:11) is by PCC Library is licensed under CC BY 4.0

"Pop Culture Universe" (3:17; video clip starts at 1:03) is by Regina Library

While this video doesn't include Asian American Experience as it was made available beginning in September 2022, it is a similar product to the other ABC CLIO databases in this series, including African American Experience, American Indian Experience, and Latino American Experience. 

"American Indian, African American, and Latino American Experience Databases- NYPL" (9:21; video clip starts at 2:51) is by HomeworkNYC

Article Database Tutorials

"Introduction to EBSCOhost - Tutorial" (4:08) by EBSCO Tutorials

EBSCOhost provides a number of databases, and most work in the way the video shows. However, there may be different filters to narrow your results between the databases provided by EBSCOhost. 

"Gale Academic OneFile Database Search" (4:13; clip starts at 55 seconds) by Sandburg Library is licensed under CC BY 3.0

"JSTOR Tutorial" (1:45; clip starts at 26 seconds) by DSC Library

"NewsBank" (2:56; clip starts at 24 seconds) is by Butte College Library