- Overview of databases, the Library Catalog, FindText, Multisearch
and Search Techniques
- By Appointment. Oviatt Library 102D
telephone (818) 677-2277 or e-mail: librinst@csun.edu
Each session approximately 30 minutes
- PubMed and MedlinePlus
- By Appointment. Oviatt Library 102D
Email: marcia.henry@csun.edu
- Searching for cited references using ISI's SciSearch, Social SciSearch
and more
- By Appointment. Oviatt Library 102D
Email: marcia.henry@csun.edu
- Full Text resources:
Factiva, LexisNexis
Academic, EbscoHost
and more
- By appointment.
e-mail: marcia.henry@csun.edu.
- FirstSearch
- By appointment.
e-mail: lynn.lampert@csun.edu
- Legal Research
- LexisNexis Academic,
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books, and more
By appointment.
e-mail: karen.anderson@csun.edu
- Medical and Health Resources on the Internet
- How to find reliable health information using the Internet.
By appointment.
e-mail: marcia.henry@csun.edu
- PsycINFO and ERIC
- By appointment.
e-mail: mara.houdyshell@csun.edu
Oviatt Library offers bibliographic database instruction for students, faculty
and staff. The Library's instructional programs include several classes, occasionally
invited speakers, as well as self-instructional programs.
- "Overview" adapts to the backgrounds of the patrons who attend. Each demonstration
will offer experience in searching appropriate computer indexes. The sessions
will introduce participants to the general principles of Boolean searching.
These sessions are not a substitute for the more customized library instruction
sessions which professors arrange with individual specialist librarians.
They are aimed at the independent researcher or student who needs more detailed
instruction than can be provided by a librarian at the Reference Desk.
Database instruction for an entire class is arranged by the professor of
the class submitting the Library Instruction Request Form at
http://library.csun.edu/Library_Services/instreq.html
- The Library also provides self instructional programs:
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on Databases A-Z
(http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/) and the Find Articles and Research Data pages. 