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Getting Started with LibGuides: An Introduction for Cheng Librarians: Sample Content Boxes

A Guide to creating and developing your own research guides for subjects and individual courses using the LibGuides software.

Search Books & Media

 

Search the Cheng Library online catalog for books and media. If you need journal articles, go to our Databases page.

Search Everything: Find Books & Media, Articles, and More!

Finding Videos

This search box has been designed to only search for films and videos that the Library owns.

Simply enter a keyword to begin your search!

 

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Library Tutorials

Instruction On Demand

These short tutorials, each taking about 5 minutes or less, are a great way to get quick answers about the library and the services we offer. Look for them when using library resources for quick access to information, when you need it.

 

Most of our tutorials are also hosted on the Cheng Library YouTube account, although some, like the Scholarly v. Popular can only be found here (Some tutorials may require the Adobe Flash Player.  It can be downloaded, for free, from the Adobe website.

 

 

  • PsycINFO tutorial
    This series of short tutorials will introduce the PsycINFO database and show you the ins-and-outs of searching, narrowing your results, and finding full-text articles for your psychology research! 

 

  • Searching Journals & Periodicals
    If you're looking for a specific article, or your professor wants to you to search only in a certain journal, this short video can show you how.

 

 

  • Scholarly v. Popular
    Learn the differences between scholarly and popular articles, and the peer review process!

Credo Search Boxes

For a selection of Credo Search Box widgets you can use in your own LibGuides, including basic and subject-specific search boxes, go to the Credo Search Boxes LibGuide on our site (set to private).

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