Academic Guides: Instructional Media: Tutorials

Quick Introduction to the Walden Library

This tutorial will show you basic navigation of the Walden Library website.

Tutorial: Introduction to the Walden Library
(8 min 50 sec) Closed captioning included in tutorial.

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Learn about the basic structure of research articles, what to look for and how to find what you need in the different parts.

Tutorial: Anatomy of a Research Article
(4 min 09 sec) Closed captioning included in tutorial.

Learn how to use AND, OR and NOT to create effective searches in the Library databases.

Tutorial: Boolean Searching (Using AND, OR, NOT)
(4 min 45 sec) Closed captioning included in tutorial.

Walk through a sample topic search in a library database to see how different keywords affect results.

Tutorial: Choosing Search Terms
(4 min 58 sec) Closed captioning included in tutorial.

Learn how to find databases in the Library by subject area or by database name.

Tutorial: Finding Databases
(4 min 10 sec) Closed captioning included in tutorial.

Find out how to locate full text, whether you're searching for articles on a topic or trying to find an exact article from a citation.

Tutorial: How do I find full text?
(4 min 14 sec) Closed captioning included in tutorial.

Learn how to find more articles on your topic by following the threads of conversation.

Tutorial: Reference and Citation Mining
(9 min 36 sec) Closed captioning included in tutorial.

Watch demo searches for both qualitative and quantitative methodology information in this database.

Tutorial: SRMO Qualitative Methods Search
(5 min 6sec) Closed captioning included in tutorial.
Tutorial: SRMO Quantitative Methods Search
(5 min 42 sec) Closed captioning included in tutorial.