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How Do I...?
The do-it-yourself guide to Hunter Library
Find Resources Just for Me? | Search? | Research and Evaluate Information? | Cite Sources? | Find Quick Facts? | Get Technical Help?
...Find Resources Just for Me?
...Search?
- Keyword vs. Subject Searching
- Search Tips and Tricks: Boolean Searching (and, or, not), Truncation (*)
- What the Heck is Boolean Searching? (video)
- Tips on Searching PubMed and Understanding a PubMed Citation
- PowerPoint presentation showing each step involved in making an ABC Express request
- PDF showing each step involved in making an Interlibrary Loan request (written for Health Sciences)
...Research and Evaluate Information?
- Recognize Scholarly vs. Popular periodicals
- Identify Primary & Secondary sources
- What is Peer Review of Research and Why Is It Important?
- How Do I Get Access to Quality, Peer Reviewed Research QUICKLY and Easily? (written for Health Sciences)
- Evaluate Web sources
- Web Searching
- Glossary of Library Lingo
...Cite Sources?
…Find Quick Facts?
- Acronyms & Abbreviations
- Almanacs
- Bookstores
- Career Information
- Colleges & Universities
- Converters & Calculators
- Country Information
- Dictionaries & Thesauri
- Directories: phone/address/zip
- Encyclopedias
- Journals / Magazines / Publishers
- Libraries
- Organization & Association Directories
- Quotations
- Weights & Measures
…Get Technical Help?
At the Library- What is my ID #?
- Laptop Lending (at the Circulation Desk)
- Borrowing Flash Drives (at the Circulation Desk)
- Setting Up USB Flash Drives
- Connect to the Library from Off-Campus
- Pay for Print (printing from any computer in the library, including laptops): Install (for Windows XP), FAQ, How to Print
- Wireless Access: FAQs, Map of Wireless Coverage
- Network Access: Map of Network Ports in the Library