Penn State University Libraries - Tutorials

Library Tutorials
and Informational Materials:

• LionSearch: Simply Speaking
   
• Lion Search (on the Instructional Resources tab)
  
  • Basic Search Guide (PDF)
    
  • Advanced Search Guide (PDF)
     
• The CAT 
  • Quick Guide to Searching the CAT (HTML version) or Quick Guide to Searching in the CAT(easy-print PDF version).
     
  • Savvy Searching in the CAT (HTML version), or  Savvy Searching in the CAT (easy-print PDF version)
     
  • The CAT: Quick Search (video)
  • The CAT: Results List (video)
  • The CAT: Advanced (video)
  • The CAT: How to get the actual book (video)
     
    

• How to Use the Historical Digital Collegian Database (video)

• The Information Cycle (video)
   
• How to Find Full Text Articles Using Get It
  
  
• Using the Libraries Toolbar
   
• Research Resources (selected resources from the Information Literacy and You tutorial)
   
  
• Minute Modules (Flash File)      
  • What is a Journal?
  • How to Read a Newspaper
     

Nursing

• Evidence-based Practice

Engineering

• Library Use video tutorials including:
  
  • Library Basics
    
  • Resources and Services
    
  • The Cat and LionSearch
    
  • Technical Reports
    
  • NTIS
    
  • Compendex
    
  • Energy Databases
    
  • Citation Searching
    
  • Full Text Resources
    
  • Standards and Patents
  • Web Resources
     

Criminal Justice

• Searching Criminal Justice Abstracts (5 tutorials)