Database Training Resources

Birds of the World is a powerful research database that brings together deep, scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology with millions of bird observations from eBird and multimedia from the Macaulay Library into a single platform where biologists and birders can explore comprehensive life history information on birds.

Live training session recording link

Setting up an account, tips and tricks to use this database for faculty.

You will need to login to your NC 365 portal to view the recording; only NC employees with Portal access may view.

In the search bar near the top, select an option: Codes & Standards, Training, Supplementary Products. Enter keywords into the search bar to look for products.

Over 150 courses, handbooks, and other learning solutions developed by technical and instructional experts to help individuals and organizations grow, improve safety of their products and workplaces, and implement effective business practices.

Continuing education modules are provided free to you with your facility’s subscription to one of the EBSCO nursing and allied health products: CINAHL Complete, CINAHL Plus, CINAHLPlus with Full Text, Nursing Reference Center, Nursing Reference Center Plus, Rehabilitation Reference Center, Social Work Reference Center, and Nutrition Reference Center.

Dentistry & Oral Science Source covers all facets relating to the areas of dentistry including dental public health, endodontics, facial pain & surgery, odontology, oral & maxillofacial pathology/surgery/radiology, orthodontology, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, and prosthodontics.

Using eBooks available from the library can be cost effective use of student textbook funds, particularly if the book is not something students intend to keep long-term, or if you’re only assigning a chapter or section of the work.

Want to get your hands on a periodical or journal fast? There are a few ways you might not have thought of before – and we will share them in this micro session. We will also discuss ways to promote specific journals by putting links on your library page to give easy access to your patrons – and increase usage.

This class is for participants who want to learn to search all versions of MEDLINE effectively. Use of subject headings, subheadings, limits, field codes and search history will be covered

Gale’s Advanced Search tools help you efficiently guide learners to trusted sources. If you want to ramp up your advanced searching techniques to provide effective online reference assistance and get the best materials in the hands of your users, view this webinar recording!

Recording link of the training session with vendor representative

Passcode: 60M+W%Iw

3 different Primary Sources features in this training session with a vendor representative for tips and tricks searching content

Faculty and staff will discover useful information about using Archival, Primary Sources, and more by clicking on this link.

Gale eBooks provides unlimited 24/7 access to nonfiction eBooks. Libraries determine the specific titles they would like to own, so the titles shown in this webinar may vary from the eBooks in your collection. This webinar covers the basics of Gale eBooks, including browsing eBooks, searching within eBooks/subjects/collections, and managing html and PDF entries with features like citations, highlights and notes, and Gale to Google/Microsoft integration.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. In this webinar, we will explore this rich resource for debaters that includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive statistics, and more.

Gale helps libraries connect to researchers who are in search of credible, timely content. Our wide range of online databases offers faculty, researchers, students, and adult learners open access to scholarly, peer-reviewed content they would not otherwise have access to.
Session recording is the zoom_0.mp4 file.

Gale helps libraries connect to researchers who are in search of credible, timely content. Our wide range of online databases offers faculty, researchers, students, and adult learners open access to scholarly, peer-reviewed content they would not otherwise have access to.
Passcode to view recording: ?1^55UJ9

List of short videos discussing training tips and tricks for Gale products.

GlobalData Explorer is a cross-sector platform providing actionable intelligence spanning 22 industries. Combining macroeconomic data and information on thousands of companies, Explorer offers you broad yet detailed coverage of the global trends that are shaping industries, impacting companies and driving innovation.​​

Training session (03 / 2024) with a vendor representative.

Resource from Oxford University Press. The foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, updated regularly and covering global art and architecture from prehistory to present day. Includes peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 scholars from around the world, accompanied by images, bibliographies, and links to additional resources.

Below are free resources to be used for research and teaching, created by scholars and specialists for Oxford Art Online.

Be confident in your work — and start setting legal precedents, not just citing them, watch this webinar. Lexis Advance Quicklaw gives you access to an extensive database of over 2.1 million cases, jurisdictional sources, including exclusive sources like Halsbury's Laws of Canada and Canadian Tort Law.

MARKETLINE IS A WORLD LEADING PROVIDER OF COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
Our interactive subscribers-only platform, provides anytime access to a unique & exclusive mix of company, industry, country, city and financial data.

Introductory-, intermediate-, and advanced-level tutorials about using the interface of OVID eBooks, platforms, and multiple online database resources.

Intro video tutorial outlining the basics of searching, accessing, and viewing multi-content resources online.

PressReader is the best place to read thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the globe. Subscribers get access to more than 7,000 of the world's top publications as soon as they're available on shelves. And, we pay publishers fairly for all that content. Your subscription helps support the production of quality journalism, both internationally and locally.

Learn about the content and features available in our PQ Press Reader resource, with a representative from Press Reader!

FAQ and Articles about using features, searching, content, troubleshooting

Learn about the content and features available in eBook Central with a representative from ProQuest! This multidisciplinary collection covers topics across programs and fields of study offered in Community Colleges as well as key subject areas such as the Humanities and Social Sciences, Business, Science & Technology, and Literary Criticism. Content varies from introductory to higher-level to meet students' needs as they develop in their areas of study.

Use the Advanced Search to create a more structured query, searching across different fields. Enter your search term, then use the pull-down menus to the right to select the search fields you want to target, and between each row select Boolean operators to connect your search terms.

Enjoy looking through your search results. Open and view documents that interest you. A document can be anything from a newspaper article, to a photograph, PDF, or video.

Explore a variety of different resources (databases, webinars, training materials) for our ProQuest subscriptions.

*The link takes you to a webinar recording discussing the resource and provides a live demonstration.*
Nursing & Allied Health Premium provides comprehensive and multi-media coverage of the fields or nursing and allied health, as well as alternative and complementary medicine. Research and learning information is presented from leading scholary and trade journals, books, full-length training videos, reports, pamphlets and ephemeral works, and websites.

ProQuest One Business combines multiple ProQuest business information databases - including e.g. the ABI/INFORM Collection and J.P. Morgan Research - to a total of more than 130 million documents.

YouTube RefWorks Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzmTj_AGeY59VoNv-0SvcCg

Learn about the content and features available in our PQ Resources, all products with a representative from ProQuest! We will feature a few databases, like CBCA, Nursing & Allied Health Premium, and SciTech Premium Collection, all of which you can find on the library's A-Z database list if you are interested in more information.

The Results List sorts your results with the most relevant records at the top. Your results will be weighted as follows:
1) records that contain an exact match for your search terms
2) records where your search terms appear near each other
3) records containing all or any of your search terms

No training session recording available because of technical issues.

Curio.ca offers a wide array of original content in English and French, as well as sophisticated tools that allow you to manage and track your group’s viewing experience. Our tutorials were specially crafted to help you better navigate through the platform while discovering the more complex functionalities available to you. This General Overview tutorial presents the basic tools of the platform.

Creating a playlist allows you to access and share permalinks with students on Google Classroom. To do this, you will need to create an account with the code provided in our Teacher Resources Google Classroom page.

Films on Demand is a comprehensive, curriculum-focused video subscription providing unlimited access to thousands of videos in 30+ subjects, including the humanities, science, business, literature, health, and more. Professors can stimulate and reinforce their lectures, and students can find inspiration and materials for their research. New content is added regularly.

National Film Board of Canada (NFB) CAMPUS has been a trusted educational resource for more than seven decades. Today, thousands of NFB titles in every form and genre—from documentary to animation, feature film to interactive—are instantly available online. Through CAMPUS, educators have an immense bank of innovative teaching resources at their fingertips. NFB's guides, playlists, chaptering and sharing features allow you to easily integrate media into your lesson plans and tailor lectures to your needs.
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