Search Guides, Tips, Handouts, Podcasts, and Tutorials Page

Handout (from VCU Libraries) (PDF Format)
OVID/Silver Platter Ageline Guide
WebSPIRS 5.1 Quick Reference card (PDF Format)

Tutorial (from MDL Information Systems)
Training Material (from MDL Information Systems)

Comparison Handout (from Thomson ISI ResearchSoft)

Database Guide (from OVID)

Help Sheet (from EBSCOHost)
Tutorial (from University Of Florida)

Handout (from VCU Libraries) (PDF Format)

FAQ: Clinical Trials.gov (from the National Library of Medicine)
Online Search Help (from the National Library of Medicine)

User Guide (Wiley InterScience Interface - subscription to start in 2005)

Handout (from VCU Libraries)

Handout (from VCU Libraries) (PDF Format)

Tutorial (from ISI ResearchSoft)
Handout (from ISI Thompson)

Tutorial (from the Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill)

Tutorial (from Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive, LLC)
Handout (from Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive, LLC)

Getting Started (from FirstCONSULT )

Handout (PDF Format)

Tutorial

Information and Set-up

Resource Guide

ILLiad Registration

Tutorial
Podcast (m4v format includes video demonstration)

WebSPIRS 5.1 Quick Reference card (PDF Format)

Getting Started Guide (PDF from LexisNexis)

Librarycasting SE (tutorials for scientists and engineers)

Distance Education Program resources (from the National Library of Medicine)
Importing Citations from PubMed into Reference Manager (from ISI ResearchSoft)
Learn How to Access Articles from PubMed (from Tompkins-McCaw Library)
PubMed Basics Handout (from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
PubMed Tutorial (from the National Library of Medicine)
RSS Feeds Feature (from Tompkins-McCaw Library)
RSS Feeds in Mozilla ThunderBird Tutorial (from the Tompkins-McCaw Library - Note: there is audio)
What is the Difference between PubMed and MEDLINE? (from the National Library of Medicine)

Handout (from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine)

User Guide PDF  

BLAST and PSI-BLAST Tutorials (from the National Center for Biotechnology Information)
GenBank / Entrez Nucleotide Information and Tutorial (from the National Center for Biotechnology Information)
NCBI's Web Services Handout (from the National Center for Biotechnology Information)
NCBI's Structure Resources Handout (from the National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Structure Database / Cn3D Tutorial (from the National Center for Biotechnology Information)

User Guides (Ovid training and user help guides)
Ovid Database Field Guides (Ovid field guides in-depth documentation for each Ovid database)

Handout (from VCU Libraries) (PPT Format)
Tompkins-McCaw Library PDA Resource Guide

User Guide (from EBSCOhost)
How to Register for Illiad (download in m4v format)           
Podcasts and Blogs at VCU Libraries

User Guide (from EBSCOhost)

Distance Education Program resources (from the National Library of Medicine)
Importing Citations from PubMed into Reference Manager (from ISI ResearchSoft)
Learn How to Access Articles from PubMed (from Tompkins-McCaw Library)
PubMed Basics Handout (from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
PubMed Tutorial (from the National Library of Medicine)
RSS Feeds Feature (from Tompkins-McCaw Library)
RSS Feeds in Mozilla ThunderBird Tutorial (from the Tompkins-McCaw Library - Note: there is audio)
What is the Difference between PubMed and MEDLINE? (from the National Library of Medicine)

Technical Support page (from ISI ResearchSoft)

RefWorks Online Tutorial (Flash or PDF step-by-step guide to orient users to RefWorks)
RefWorks Fact Sheet (Not sure RefWorks is for you? Get more information here)
RefWorks Quick Start Guide (Brochure (PDF) that illustrates how to get started in RefWorks)
VCU RefWorks sign in page

ToxNet (from the National Network Libraries of Medicine)
TOXNET Training Manual (from the National Network Libraries of Medicine)

Tutorial (from ISI Thompson)

FirstSearch Tutorial (WorldCat is a FirstSearch database) (from OCLC)