Educational Services
Tutorials
Library Research Basics
- Library Research Basics - Use this set of tutorials to help you get started with conducting research
- Library Research Basics InfoGuide
How to Get Started with Research
- How to Use Google and Wikipedia for Preliminary Research (5:07, video & audio)
- Develop Your Topic
- Find Background Information
- Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students (from NCSU Libraries)
How to Search
How to Find Books, Videos, and Other Items
- Mason Library Catalog
- Subject Searching in the Mason Catalog
- Read a Call Number
- Catalog Advanced Search: Limits (3:51, video & audio)
- Catalog Advanced Search: Subject Headings (3:33, video & audio)
How to Find Articles
- Article Types
- Anatomy of a Scholarly Article From NCSU Libraries
- Choose a Database
- Search a Database
- Find Full-text of Articles
- Find the Full-text of Google Scholar Articles
How to Search Specific Databases
- Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, CINAHL and more: Find Articles in an EBSCHOHost Database (3:11, video & audio)
- JSTOR: Find Articles in JSTOR (General) (5:02, video & audio)
- JSTOR: Find Articles in JSTOR (Advanced Search) (5:42, video & audio)
- Lexis Nexis Academic: Find Articles in Lexis Nexis Academic (7:48, video & audio)
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Find Background Information in Opposing Viewpoints in Context (1:31, video & audio)
How to Videos 
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- Find the Full Text of an Article (1:52, video & audio, no audio version)
- Find a Book (3:13, video & audio, no audio version)
- Find the Full-text of Google Scholar Articles (1:07, video)
- Get Help from a Librarian (1:42, video & audio)
- Overview of Mason Libraries (1:40, video & audio)
- Search a Library Database (4:14, video & audio)
- Select a Library Database (2:10, video & audio)
- Read an LC Call Number (video & audio)
- Request Items Using the Consortium Loan Service (video & audio)
- Request Items Using the Document Delivery Service (video & audio)
- Request Items Using Interlibrary Loan (video & audio)
- Use the Online Catalog
GIS Research Tutorials
- Working with Census Data in GIS
- Part 1: Acquiring Census Data (5:56, video & audio)
- Part 2: Working with Data in Excel (8:38, video & audio)
- Part 3: Converting Data with Access (4:34, video & audio)
- Part 4: Mapping Census Data with ArcGIS (9:50, video & audio)
- Part 5: Presenting Mapped Census Data (5:35, video & audio)