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Ageline Via WebSPIRS

Handout (from VCU Libraries) (PDF Format)
OVID/Silver Platter Ageline Guide
WebSPIRS 5.1 Quick Reference card (PDF Format)
Anatomy.TV
Handout (from VCU Libraries) (PDF Format)
Beilstein Crossfire

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

Bibliographic Management Software (EndNote, ProCite, and Reference Manager)

Comparison Handout (from Thomson ISI ResearchSoft)

BIOSIS Previews

Database Guide (from OVID)

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)

Help Sheet (from EBSCOHost)
Tutorial (from University Of Florida)
Classification of Books

Handout (from VCU Libraries) (PDF Format)
ClinicalTrials.Gov

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

User Guide (Wiley InterScience Interface - subscription to start in 2005)
Connect from Home - Instructions for Using the Proxy Server for Remote Access

Handout (from VCU Libraries)
Electronic Nursing Journals

Handout (from VCU Libraries) (PDF Format)
EndNote

Handout (from ISI Thompson)

Evidence-Based Medicine

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

Factiva

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

FirstCONSULT

Getting Started (from FirstCONSULT )

Genomic Biology Resources

Handout (PDF Format)

Get It @ VCU

Tutorial
Google Scholar

Information and Set-up

ILLiad Registration

Tutorial
IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts)

WebSPIRS 5.1 Quick Reference card (PDF Format)
LexisNexis Academic Universe

Getting Started Guide (PDF from LexisNexis)

Librarycasting SE (tutorials for scientists and engineers)

 
MEDLINE/PubMed

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)

MEDLINEplus

Handout (from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
MICROMEDEX

User Guide PDF  

NCBI Molecular Biology Databases

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)

Ovid User Guides

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

Handout (from VCU Libraries) (PPT Format)
Podcasts

User Guide (from EBSCOhost)           
Podcasts and Blogs at VCU Libraries
PsycInfo

User Guide (from EBSCOhost)
PubMed

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)
Reference Manager

Technical Support page (from ISI ResearchSoft)

RefWorks

RefWorks Online Tutorial (Flash or PDF step-by-step guide to orient users to RefWorks)
RefWorks FAQ's (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

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

Web of Science / Science Citation Index

Tutorial (from ISI Thompson)
WorldCat

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



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