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What to, where to, when to: Library Videos & How-Tos

Short videos and guides that answer frequently asked questions about library research, services and more.

Articles

	Get it @ Western not working When "Get it @ Western" doesn't get you what you expect, follow these steps
	How to Find Journal Articles How to pick the right database and get the full text of articles. (1:26)
	How to Read a Scholarly Article Tips on skimming and digesting journal articles. (2:34)
	Journal Abbreviations How to find full journal titles and journal title abbreviations.
	RACER and Interlibrary Loan Services How to borrow books or get articles that Western Libraries does not have.
	The Peer Review Process What is it? Why is it important to know about it? (1:56)
	With a citation, how to find a journal article Tips on how to find a journal article given its citation.

Books

	FAQ: E-Books at Western Libraries Western's e-book collections and subject coverage; how to find, download, email, print, read e-books; use with e-book readers
	How to Find Books Three tips on finding print books in Western Libraries. (1:10)
	Introduction to Call Numbers How to read those letters and numbers on the spine of a library book. (2:25)
	My Library Account: Renewing Your Books How to renew your books online. (0:41)
	My Library Account: Requesting a Book How to get books from other Western Libraries locations delivered to your favourite library. (0:58)
	RACER and Interlibrary Loan Services How to borrow books or get articles that Western Libraries does not have.
	With a citation, how to find a book Tips on how to find a book given its citation.

Borrowing

My Library Account: Renewing Your Books

How to renew your books online. (0:41)

My Library Account: Requesting a Book

How to get books from other Western Libraries locations delivered to your favourite library. (0:58)

RACER and Interlibrary Loan Services

How to borrow books or get articles that Western Libraries does not have.

Citing and Writing

	Annotated Bibliographies What is an annotated bibliography? Why write one? What kinds of sources should you annotate?
	Benefits of Using Citation Management Tools Why should you consider using a Citation Management tool? Learn here! (1:32)
	Literature Review Are you a graduate student? Need to do a literature review? Here is how to get started. (4:20)
	Plagiarism What plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
	Literature Reviews, Introduction to Different Types of An explanation of some of the more common types of literature reviews

Course Reserves

Finding Materials on Reserve

How to look up the information you need to get course reserve and other reserve material (2:19)

Evaluation

Evaluating Sources

Criteria to help you critically evaluate sources of information and ensure that you're only using quality sources of information (2:16)

Full Text Access

Get it @ Western not working

When "Get it @ Western" doesn't get you what you expect, follow these steps

Getting Started

Getting More Help

There are a number of ways you can get help from Western Libraries (0:43)

Research Guides

Start your research here. There is one for each academic program at Western. (0:54)

Metrics

Finding Who is Citing my Work

How to use Web of Science or Scopus to do a cited reference search

h-index

Explains how this 'research metric' works.

How to Find an Impact Factor

What an Impact Factor is and how to find it.

My Library Account

My Library Account: Renewing Your Books

How to renew your books online. (0:41)

My Library Account: Requesting a Book

How to get books from other Western Libraries locations delivered to your favourite library. (0:58)

Scholarly Sources

The Peer Review Process

What is it? Why is it important to know about it? (1:56)

Search Tips

	Concept Mapping Plan your search with a visual representation of your search terms.
	Decoding Search Results How to identify the type of source (journal article, book, chapter in book) based on the information provided (1:58)
	Developing a Research Question Explains why phrasing your research topic as a question can help you focus your research and find relevant information (3:01)
	Developing Search Terms Tips on brainstorming for additional search terms to help you get the best results (2:00)
	Keeping a Search Log How do you keep track of your searches effectively, and save time.
	Picking the Right Database How to find the best database for a topic (3:24)
	Putting Together your Search Terms Tips on creating effective search strategies. (1:35)
	Refining your Search with Fields Tips & tricks for narrowing down your search results. (1:22)
	Revising Your Search Strategy Helpful search tips to use when you can't find any sources on your topic. (1:45)
	Subject Headings What they are and how they can help you find sources. (4:26)
	Two ways to Search a Database The all-in-one approach vs. the search-history approach.

Subject Specific

	Engineering Standards and Codes Guide Reading standard numbers, finding standards at Western, equivalency and currency of standards
	Finding Market Share What is Market Share? Resources for determining Market Share
	Five Nifty Nursing Resources If you are in Nursing, you'll want to check out these resources
	How to Find Engineering Conference Proceedings Tips and sources for finding these.
	Types of information sources for Science, Medicine & Engineering Where to look for different types of information. (1:59)