- Subject Guides Prepared by Librarians
- Our staff has prepared guides to reliable sources of information in specific fields of study taught at Chicago State University.
- Searching the Catalog
- CARLI
I-Share’s guide to using the union catalog to find
library materials
URL: http://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/csu/help/combinedsearch.htm - I-Share Tutorials
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Topics covered include: searching using the Quick Search and Advanced Search screens; searching by title, author, and by journal title; using My Account; how to print and email records; borrowing through I-Share; and several other tutorials focused on particular types of searches (using partial information, by/about a Person, finding items in collected works) Requires a Flash plugin and speakers or earphones.
URL: http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-serv/mem-train/movies/opac-mov.html - Searching Research Databases
- A guide to finding materials using EBSCO Host Research Databases
URL: http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/basicSearchingAcademic.html - Finding Journal Articles On Your Topic
- Journal articles are written by scholars, researchers or other experts
and are published in scholarly journals. Journals are published by
professional organizations with a scholarly or research-oriented
mission for an academic or professional audience.
Chicago State University Guide to Finding Articles - Finding Journals and Magazines
- We have physical resources and many electronic resources. Here are
guides to the subscribed databases in our holdings and a note on
finding physical materials within the library building.
Chicago State University Journals and Magazines - American Newspapers Tutorial by NewsBank
- This is a Microsoft PowerPoint slide file (PPS) and only runs on Windows equipped workstations. It can be saved to your workstation as a PPT file and opened with tools in other operating systems such as Mac or Unix.
URL: http://images.newsbank.com/infoweb/agg5/help/NB.pps - Glossary of Library Terms. Answers “What is a ...?"
- Definitions of words and phrases you come across in the library.
For example, "What is the difference between a journal and a
serial?"
Library Glossary - CSIT: Chicago State Information Tutorial
- A self-guided tutorial with Flash® and non-Flash versions for the study and learning of information literacy
