Library: Research Assistance

Library Hours

Research Assistance:

This page provides help files and tutorials for conducting research and assistance with specific research databases. New additions to the resources will be added periodically. If there is a particular resource you would like to see listed here, please let us know.

Online Tutorials and Files:

WJC Academic Achievement Center: Online files and link to assist you with research and writing created by William Jewell's Coordinator of Tutoring & Advising Services.

Information Literacy on Moodle: PowerPoint, Word, and PDF files available to assist you with research. This course page contains the materials used during in-class information literacy sessions at Jewell. You must have a Moodle account to view this course but no enrollment key is needed.

Finding Information: A short introductory tutorial for finding scholarly information created by the University of Leeds and available on the Skills@Library website. Includes information on defining topics, constructing search terms, and Boolean operators.

Database Assistance:

AAAS Science Magazine: How to use the AAAS Science Magazine

American Memory: How to Search American Memory from the Library of Congress

Britannica Academic Edition: How to Use Britannica Online

Credo Reference:

Basic Searching

Advanced Searching

Exploring Topic Pages

Exploring Concept Maps

Ebsco Databases:

Introduction to EbscoHost

Basic Searching