Tips, Tools and Tutorials from the D'Youville Library
Did you ever bookmark an article in one of our databases and later find that the link does not work? Have you tried to send a link to someone by copying and pasting the address from the browser, but finding out the link only lead to an error message?
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Multimedia content is a great way to reinforce lessons by providing information in a format that is easy to process and recall. Students are accustomed to using sites like YouTube to learn new skills and information. They are also able to rewind and re-watch until they understand the ideas presented.
Adding video to your classes is an easy way to engage and enlighten your students. Sifting through thousands of videos looking for quality educational content is not though.
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Research can be frustrating, You enter your search terms and get multitudes of low quality results – too many to sift through seeking suitable articles. Fortunately there are a number of advanced search methods that can be used to make your life just a little bit easier.
The techniques outlined below should improve research results. These examples are from D’YouSearch, the library search engine, but will work in many most popular databases in our collection including CINAHL, Medline and Academic Search Premier.
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D’YouSearch is a huge database containing millions of full text articles from thousands of journals, newspapers, books and more. It finds information from across disciplines from a single search box. Finding a lot of information is not hard, much like Google. Sorting through results can be intimidating and time consuming.
D’YouSearch has several search filters that can help you find that perfect article in just a couple of clicks though.
Continue reading “Research that is as easy as online shopping. Use search filters to find better results in D’YouSearch!”
Knowing where to search is one of the most intimidating things about using the library resources. Finding the database that has the best quality resources can take time that you don’t have. There are over 100 databases in the D’Youville Library collection, each one with a different focus. Going through each database would take too much time – the kind of time it might take to sort through 4 million results on Google.
The D’YouSearch database will not only help you find great articles, but it can also lead you to other great resources. This guide will show you how to use the D’YouSearch “Database” filter to find additional databases for your research.
Continue reading “Looking for the best research database? Use this tool to find one that is right for your search!”
