LibGuides: Communication Disorders Research Guide: Database Tutorials

EBSCOhost Tutorials

EBSCO has produced online tutorials to help you use their suite of databases. Most tutorials are available as Adobe Flash video or PowerPoint slideshow. If you are using an iPad or iPhone, you might need to use the links labeled "slideshow".

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EBSCOhost Tutorials

Introduction to EBSCOhost (7 minutes)
(Flash)
My EBSCOhost personal folder (5 minutes)
(Flash)
CINAHL and MeSH Headings (5 minutes)
(Flash) (slideshow)
CINAHL Basic Searching (4 minutes)
(Flash)
CINAHL Advanced Searching (5 minutes)
(Flash)

PubMed Tutorials

The following tutorials are provided by NLM's PubMed, Welch Medical Library, and Binghamton University Libraries. The links will open in YouTube.

PubMed's MeSH Database

What is in PubMed? (5 min., March 2022)
PubMed: Basics of Searching (10 min., June 2020)
PubMed Advanced Search Builder (3 min., July 2020)
Combining MeSH Terms Using the MeSH Database (3 min., September 2020)

PubMed Training Course

Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice - Mini training course from the NLM (National Library of Medicine) that shows how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed. The course site contains lots of additional resources!

Summon Search & Discovery

Introduction to Summon Search & Discovery Tool

Summon is MU Libraries' search and discovery tool that enables you to do a "Google-style" search for reliable content available via MU Libraries. Summon includes all materials currently available via the Libraries be it online, print or electronic; article, book, or journal; or any other media format that is available in our holdings. Summon is a great place to start your research.

Introduction to Summon This video will explain the basics of searching for content, refining the results using facets and filters, accessing content, and saving citations.
Summon Advanced Search When you do a search in the basic Summon search box, you may get more results than you can easily work with. That’s why the Advanced Search tool is so powerful. This ProQuest tutorial will show how you can customize the search to discover certain keywords in specific metadata fields (like author, or subject), filter out content types you don’t need, and much more.

ProQuest Overview & Tutorials

ProQuest Basic Search Overview -YouTube (~3 min.)

ProQuest Basic Search: Getting Started (Watch this WebEx session for a deeper dive into basic searching! ~30 min.)

Expanded Integrations for Ebooks & Videos in ProQuest -YouTube (search overview begins at 1:26)

ProQuest Platform Searching (print or download a pdf guide on searching)

ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health - Libguide

MU Libraries subscribes to Nursing & Allied Health basic database only - not Nursing & Allied Health Premium which is featured in the ProQuest LibGuide above. However, the guide does contain useful search strategies and related research information.

Note: All MEDCOM videos have been updated and moved to Nursing & Allied Health Premium.