Online tutorials 

This page provides links to online tutorials for various aspects of your research. More tutorials will be added in the future.

UC Library tutorials

• Pilot online information literacy tutorial
  - This online information literacy tutorial provides undergraduates with the skills and tools to find and manage information effectively. Choose one module to suit your needs or complete all six. Try the test to see if you're ready for your Pilot licence...
  -  Each module will take 20-45 minutes to complete
• Finding journal articles
  - A 5 minute tutorial focusing on the techniques of searching databases for appropriate articles for your research
• Academic Integrity Module: on target with referencing
   - A self-paced multi-step module produced by UC's Academic Skills Program.  This module is designed to familiarise students with the definition and importance of academic integrity, including the conventions of citing sources in different disciplines

Tutorials provided by Database publishers

• BMJ-Clinical Evidence (A constantly updated summary on the effects of common clinical interventions) User Guide (PDF 2.89MB)
• CCH Online Publications (Collection of publications in corporations law, credit, family, tax, trade practices, OH&S, sales, torts...) Online Tutorial (Tutorial will not work on Netscape 4 or Mozilla browsers) 
• Cochrane Library (Fulltext systematic reviews and index to journal articles) Guide
• CSA Illumina (A collection of databases) Methods of searching CSA Illumina Advanced Search 
• CUDOS (Commonwealth Universities Database Online Service) CUDOS Demo (PDF 2.1MB)
• EBSCOhost (A collection of databases) Research Databases 
• ISI Web of Knowledge & Web of Science Recorded Training. Choose a session and select language required
• Lawbook Online (Fulltext Australian law collection) User Guide (WORD 114MB)
• Lexis.com (Fulltext Australian and international law collection) Searching the LexisNexis® Research Services (WORD 523.8MB)
• LexisNexisAU (Fulltext Australian law collection) Academic User Guide (PDF 46.9MB) 
• NewsBank (Fulltext newspapers from Australia & overseas) How to Search Australia's Newspapers (PPT 3.6MB)
• RefWorks (A web-based product for creating personal bibliographic databases) Basic tutorial
• Sociological Abstracts CSA Illumina CSA Sociological Abstracts Database Guide (WORD 6.21MB) 
• SourceOECD (OECD's Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals in fulltext) Getting started with Source OECD (PDF 456KB, slow to load) 
• Taxpoint (Fulltext. Legislation, rulings, commentary, analysis, handbooks, guides, etc of all aspects of tax in Australia) User Guide (WORD 281.43MB) 
• Wiley Interscience (A fulltext journal collection) Online Tutorial (PPT403.2MB). Must register and then Select 'Submit' to begin Tutorial

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