Research in the Library: Recent Episodes
UC Davis Library
The videos, audio files and pdfs contained in this album offer instruction on the use of the library and its information resources. Included will be how-to videos on using databases, tips on avoiding plagiarism, information about accessing library databases from off campus and more.
This video briefly covers using Web of Science to search for and select articles; using UC-eLinks to obtain articles; and emailing, saving, or printing PDF's.
This video tells how to use Web of Science to find review articles. Review articles summarize what is known about a topic and can be very helpful with undergraduate research papers.
How to find article databases by using the library "Subject Guides" and "Databases A-Z" web pages.
This video demonstrates the steps required to access eBooks from the Harvest Catalog at UC Davis Library, using a veterinary medicine example from the Health Sciences Libraries. Remote access using the VPN is included. There is no sound. Duration: 1:29 minutes. Copyright UC Regents. License: CC-BY-3.0
This brief video describes how to use AND and OR when searching databases for articles on a topic, using examples from the health sciences. There is no sound. Duration: 1:42 minutes. Copyright: UC Regents. License: CC-BY-3.0
This short video demonstrates how to access full-text articles in PubMed from the UC Davis Health Sciences Library website, using the VPN and UC-eLinks. There is no sound. Duration 1:29 minutes. Copyright: UC Regents. License: CC-BY-3.0
This video defines literature reviews and demonstrates how to locate them using the PubMed database.
This video describes the use of the PubMed database, a valuable source of human and veterinary medical information.
This video defines plagiarism and explains how its consequences include disciplinary actions. Tips are given for avoiding plagiarism and on resources for additional information on the topic.
Find out how to format citations from print and online citation guides; use of in-text citations and reference list citations; also, learn about the importance of citing any work you did not create.