Research Guides @ Fordham: Reference Help: Vendor Tutorials & Assignment Guides

ARTstor

ARTstor Help > Materials
Includes Subject Guides, Curriculum Guides, and Teaching Guides.
ARTstor Help Topics
Includes advanced searching tips, how to create a personal collection, and how to share and collaborate via their platform. Also includes information on copyright, citation, and how to view and save metadata.

EBSCOhost Tutorials

Four to five minute product tutorials for most EBSCO resources.

EBSCO Help
Find here an overview of the search features included in the EBSCO Discovery platform.
EBSCO Help LibGuide
Some of these guides are for researchers, some are for platform administrators. If you need help identifying which will satisfy your needs, please ask a Reference Librarian.
EBSCO Help Video Tutorials on YouTube
Some of these tutorials are for researchers, some are for platform administrators. If you need help identifying which will satisfy your needs, please ask a Reference Librarian.

HeinOnline Tutorials & Research Guides

HeinOnline Research Guides
Explore the HeinOnline research guides to learn more about database content and interface functionality. This list is expanding, so check back often for updates.
HeinOnline Knowledge Base
Everything you need to know to get started and progress with HeinOnline can be found here. If it is not, feel free to reach out to your local Fordham Librarian for support.

HeinOnline Comprehensive User's Guide
This document was downloaded from the HeinOnline Help website and uploaded here on 4/14/2020. Please check the Help option within the database for a more recent version.

JSTOR Training

"How to Use JSTOR" YouTube Playlist
Ten short videos to get you started.
JSTOR Training Videos on YouTube
Includes general videos on how to search JSTOR, as well as videos on how to search for images, ebooks, and topic specific collections.

NexisUni Training Videos

NexisUni Training Videos
These brief videos will help you get up to speed with the basic search features of NexisUni. Visit the Library Databases page to authenticate and search the database.

Oxford Bibliographies

Oxford Bibliographies Guided Tour
This link provides a YouTube, PDF, and PowerPoint option. Pick the one that works best for you.

Project Muse

Project Muse Search Help
A quick overview of the basic features of the database.

ProQuest LibGuides

ProQuest LibGuide For ABI/INForm
This is a link to a guide created by ProQuest with information about all aspects of ABI/INFORM including content, searching, and viewing results on the ProQuest platform.
ProQuest LibGuides
Find here Help guides created by ProQuest for most of their databases and electronic resources. Please note that Fordham does not subscribe to all of the databases listed here.

Credo Reference Research Quick Tips

Credo Reference Research Advice
These videos from Credo Reference provide guidance on research best practices and will help students learn and develop lifelong skills to find, evaluate and use information effectively.

PubMed

PubMed Quick Start Guide
Find here most of what you will need to start your research in PubMed.
PubMed MeSH Database
Learn about MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), the NLM controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed.
PubMed® Online Training
Find here the PubMed Online training portal.

SAGE Research Methods Online

Sage Research Methods Online Help
Find here a great description of how Sage Research Methods is designed and how to use it to optimize your research process. There are multiple tutorials in many formats. Find the one that best suits your needs.

Scopus

Journal Analyzer (Video)
This tutorial shows you the feature/functions available to browse and analyze the content and performance of specific journals.
Scopus Tutorials
Learn the features and tools of Scopus. There are 9 short tutorials. View them all or select only the ones most relevant to your research needs.

Readex Lesson Plans

The Readex primary source databases provide free lesson plans to assist instructors with curriculum and assignment design. The lesson plans are available on request from the database publisher. To identify the correlating databases and collections: go to the library homepage, click on the Databases tab, and search for the word Readex. Please note: Fordham does not subscribe to all of the databases listed in the lesson plans.

Readex Lesson Plans
Available topics are:
- Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” Speech (1896)
- W.E.B. Du Bois Addresses the “Race Issue” (1904)
- Booker T. Washington Addresses the “Race Issue” (1904)
- Colonists Enjoy the Same Rights of Englishmen (1767)
- Inter-colonial Resistance to the Townshend Acts (1768)
- The Federalist No. 10 (1787)
- An English View on The Haymarket Affair (1886)
- Wilson’s Reasons for War against the Central Powers (1917)

Reference Help: Vendor Tutorials & Assignment Guides