Database Aids
October 10th, 2006 by Greg R Notess
From vendors and libraries, screencasts make an excellent way to create online tutorials for details about database searching. Topic, source, and software (when known)
- Business databases: CRSP, Simmons, Scarborough, Hoovers, Thomson, ProQuest, Business Source Elite) from Babson College. Camtasia
- CustomizeGoogle (Firefox Extension). Flash, Animated GIF, and Windows Media Player versions. Camtasia. 2006.
- EbscoHost Tutorials from Ebsco. Include some product specific ones like CINAHL, Auto Repair Reference Center, Consumer Health, Kid Search, and Business Searching.
- EbscoHost Tutorial from Trinity Western using Wink v1, no audio
- Google Scholar vs. PsycInfo from UCLA. Camtasia 2.
- Grove Music Online from University of Hawaii. Camtasia 2.
- LexisNexis Academic 2007 Redesign Demos. (Under Tutorials). 2006.
- PACER from Virtual Chase. Camtasia 5. 2007
- ProQuest from Washington State University. Qarbon ViewletBuilder. 2006.
- PubMed Help Pages from the University of Washington. Camtasia 2.
- RefWorks Tutorials from CSA. RoboDemo 5.
- SEC’s Edgar from Virtual Chase. Camtasia 5. 2007
- USA.gov Tutorials. ViewletCam. 2007.
The Canadian group, the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL), has an Animated Tutorial Sharing Project to build screencast tutorials for various databases. See their list of databases and the status of the tutorials at COPPUL Tutorials Wiki.