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Library 101 Tutorial

This tutorial series teaches basic library research skills and gives an introduction to the services available at the Cushing / Whitney Medical Library. You will learn how to locate journal articles (online or print), how to locate books (online or print), how to order materials from other libraries, and more! The tutorial series has 10 modules and each module includes a video demo.

  • Verifying Citations Using Single Citation Matcher
    This tutorial teaches how to use PubMed's Single Citation Matcher to verify a citation. This tutorial is part of the Library 101 Tutorial Series.
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  • Finding E-Journals at Yale
    This tutorial teaches how to find electronic journals available at the Cushing / Whitney Medical Library. This is part of Library 101 Tutorials.
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  • Journal Title Search in Orbis
    This tutorial teaches how to perform a journal title search in Orbis. This is a quick way of locating a known journal in Orbis.
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  • Using Yale Links
    This tutorial teaches how to use the Yale Links services to quickly obtain online article full tex. This is part of the Library 101 Tutorial Series.
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  • Book Title Search in Orbis
    This tutorial teaches how to do a quick lookup for a known book using the title search functions of the Orbis Catalog. This is part of the Library 101 Tutorial Series.
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  • Using Eli Express Service
    This tutorial teaches how to use the book delivery service, also known as the "Eli Express" service of the Yale University Library system. This service allows you to have books delivered from one library on campus to another. This is part of the Library 101 Tutorial Series.
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  • Requesting Books via Borrow Direct
    This tutorial teaches how to use the Borrow Direct service at Yale. This service allows you to get books from another participating institution when they are not available at Yale. Borrow Direct is usually faster than regular interlibrary loan service. This tutorial is part of the Library 101 Tutorial Series.
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  • Interlibrary Loan via Yale Links
    This tutorial demonstrates the fastest way of submitting interlibrary loan requests (via Yale Links). Also part of the Library 101 Tutorial Series.
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  • Using Interlibrary Loan
    This tutorial teaches how to use the interlibrary loan service to obtain a copy of a book or a journal article when it is not available at Yale. This is part of the Library 101 tutorials.
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