LibGuides: Guide: Academic Skills: Online Tutorials

Introduction

You will find a number of links featured within this guide, that you can work through at your own pace.

Induction Tutorials 2023/24

** For audio capability - view in your standard desktop **

Online Tutorials - SRUC Library

** For audio capability - view in your standard desktop **

CAB Direct Tutorials

CAB Direct is the most thorough and extensive source of reference in the applied life sciences.

CAB Direct - Highlighting & Annotating Tutorial
In this video, we show you how to highlight passages and annotate articles on our new CAB Direct platform (3 mins.)
CAB Direct - Simple Searching Tutorial
In this video, we show you how to conduct a simple key word search on the new CAB Direct platform (3 mins.)
CAB Direct - Advanced Searching Tutorial
In this video, we show you how to use the advanced searching feature of the new CAB Direct platform (3 mins.)
CAB Direct - Refining Results Tutorial
In this video, we show you how to refine your search results using facets, on our new CAB Direct platform (4 mins.)
CAB Direct - Selecting & Exporting Tutorial
In this video, we show you how to select and export your selected records, using our new CAB Direct platform (3 mins.)
CAB Direct - Similar Records Tutorial
In this video, we show you how to find similar records on the new CAB Direct platform (3 mins.)

ClickView: Tertiary Library - Personal Development Tutorials

To access the ClickView tutorials simply: (1) Sign In: enter your SRUC e-mail address e.g. S12345678@sruc.ac.uk (2) Enter the Username & Password details that you would use to access your regular desktop.

LIBRARY SKILLS - Avoiding Plagiarism: Bibliographies
Did you know that just by submitting a research report, you could be committing a crime? That is, if you have used the work or intellectual property of others without acknowledging it. Plagiarism is theft and it has serious consequences in schools and workplaces alike.
LIBRARY SKILLS - Copyright, Creative Commons and Attribution
Intellectual property refers to someone’s ideas or words, as well as any images, music and videos that they have created. These types of works are protected online by a licence that tells us if and how we can use or modify them.
LIBRARY SKILLS - Online Databases
It is easy to feel overwhelmed when searching online. Often, we get millions of results, only a fraction of which will be appropriate for our research. A solution? Online databases.
LIBRARY SKILLS - Using the Catalogue
Our school, college, university and local libraries have a wealth of information to help us research just about any topic we can think of. But where to start?

Image Tutorials

Digital Images
Using Digital Media in New Learning Models.
Free Image Guide
A brief guide to the best sites for finding freely available images online (Ned Potter - Blog).
Flickr Tutorial
Online photo sharing. Commoncraft link (3 mins.)

Map Tutorials

Comprehensive maps and geospatial data available to UK Higher and Further Education.

Digimap Roam: an Introduction
YouTube link (3 mins.)
Digimap: Annotating Maps in Roam
YouTube link (4 mins.)
Digimap: Printing Roam Maps
YouTube link (2 mins.)

Digimap Registration Guide
Digimap Registration Help Guide.
Digimap Roam Guide
Digimap Roam Help Guide.
Digimap Data Download Guide
Didimap Data Download Help Guide.

Microsoft Word Tutorials

GCF Learn Free
Goodwill Community Foundation (GCF) - free online learning tutorials covering technology, reading and maths.
MS Word 2007 - Footnotes
YouTube link (4 mins.)
MS Word 2007 - Page Numbers Starting from a Specific Page
YouTube link (4 mins.)
MS Word 2010 - Contents Table
YouTube link (5 mins.)
MS Word 2010 - Referencing
YouTube link (3 mins.)

RefWorks Tutorials

RefWorks: An Introduction
An introduction to RefWorks.
RefWorks: Basic Functionality
Basic functionality of RefWorks.
RefWorks YouTube Channel
RefWorks YouTube Channel.
SRUC Library: RefWorks Help Guide
YouTube video (14 min.)
SRUC Library: RefWorks Citation Manager (MS Word) Help Guide
YouTube video (2 min.)
SRUC Library: RefWorks and RCM (MS Word) Help Guide
YouTube video (22 min.)
SRUC Library: RefWorks (Mendeley Export) Help Guide
YouTube video (3 min.)

Social Media Tutorials

Blogging - How do I set up my own Blog?
Wordpress website link.
Creative Commons Licences
Creative Commons licences explained. YouTube link (6 mins.)
Facebook - How to Use
How To Use Facebook Part 1: Signup and Explore the Home Page. YouTube link (6 mins.)
Facebook Privacy Settings
How do I use Facebook's Privacy Settings? YouTube link (3 mins.)
Facebook Privacy Settings 2
Facebook Privacy Settings - how to. YouTube link (4 mins.)
Twitter Tutorial
How to use Twitter. YouTube link (4 mins.)

Study Skills Tutorials

Evaluating Websites and Information
BOOLIFY: A project of the Public Learning Media Laboratory.

Web of Science Tutorials

Web of Science Tutorial Library
Online tutorial library for Web of Science.

References

References for images included within this guide:

CABI (2018) Email to Karen Garnett, 22 November.

EDINA Digimap (2018) Email to Karen Garnett, 22 November.

Web of Science (2018) Email to Karen Garnett, 17 December.

Guide: Academic Skills: Online Tutorials

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