We welcome you to US University Library

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We welcome you toUS University Library

• We all have it at our finger tips

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Lets take a fast view

• What hours they are open
• Who are the Librarians
• Search for university databases
• What are open sources
• Where can you find tutorials on how to search
• What are their networks

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To access, go to http//www.usuniversity.edu/stud
ent_services_library_databases.php

• From home page, look for the bar across the page,
  click on STUDENT SERVICES

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Or look for Library, under STUDENT SERVICES at
the bottom of HOME page
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Contact the librarian [phone] ext 2017
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Location 140 W. 16th StNational City, CA 91950

• Catalina Lopez - clopez_at_usuniversity.edu
• Irma Carrillo - imoore_at_usuniversity.edu
• Regular Hours
• Monday to Friday 900 am - 600 pm
• First Saturday of the month 900 am - 100 pm

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United States University Library Information
Resources

• US UNIVERSITY ONLINE FULL TEXT DATABASES
• US University Online full text databases
• Tutorials
• TEAS Math Tutorials
• Open Access online information
• Collections

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Today, you have a great invitation!

• You have been invited to jump onto the shoulders
  of the best minds our globe has produced.
• Let us take you on this fantastic journey of
  knowledge, enroll and be part of La Familia
• Come aboard!

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US University databases

• Access Medicine
• JSTOR
• CINAHL PLUS with Full Text
• MEDLINE Full Text
• Nursing Reference Center
• Cochrane Library
• Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews
• PsyArticles
• OVID AMED
• OVID Global Health

• Cochrane Methodology Register
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
• ERIC
• Health Technology Assessments
• NHS Economic Evaluation
• PROQUEST
• Lexis Nexis

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Custom Design

• - US University has developed a series of
  Information Literacy Tutorials to enhance your
  knowledge and critical thinking about the
  different situations you will be exposed to
  during your program with us.
• -- We have tailored each tutorial to meet your
  specific information needs.

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US UNIVERSITY TUTORIALS

• Plagiarism
• Searching Access medicine
• Guide to APA
• Shopping books in MBS
• OVID Amed
• OVID Global Health
• Searching free journals in nursing
• Search JSTOR

• EBSCO phrase search...
• Simultaneous search
• EBSCO search for authors and phrase
• Searching EBSCO education and GE
• Searching EBSCO Medline
• Search PROQUEST Nursing

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US UNIVERSITY TUTORIALS

• EBSCO Simple search
• EBSCO Academic Search Premier visual
• Open sources
• Create Alerts and Files
• The Information Cycle
• Review Online resources
• How do we get there

• EBSCO ASP and use of subject terms
• Use of Index
• Searching PROQUEST
• Searching ERIC
• Advance search in ERIC
• University and Public Libraries

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What information can I find in databases?

• Journal Collection, hundreds of journals
  thousands of articles
• Reports, manuals
• Theses or Dissertations
• Book Reviews
• E-books
• Images
• Tables, Graphs, Videos

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Why Academic Journals?

• Because journals are where the scientific and
  technical community promote their results, share
  their finding and open themselves to criticism.
• Because they are peer reviewed , and the
  information has been validated by the academic
  community.
• If you were to be published, where would you do
  it?

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This will be your first stop!

• To search
• EBSCO data bases.
• 11 databases in one search
• Take the time to learn from tutorials
• Then go to Proquest, OVID, JSTOR, Access Medicine

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Your second stop will be Full Text OPEN ACCESS

• http//usuniversity.edu/student_services_library_i
  nformation.php
• Directory of Open Access Repositories
• Directory of Open Access Journals
• OAIster
• Scielo
• Redalyc
• Wholis
• Google Scholar and many links by subjects

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Your third stop is Collections

• Local Libraries
• University Libraries SDSU, USD, UCSD, CIRCUIT
• Public Libraries County City Libraries
• Worldwide Libraries World Cat, Library of
  Congress

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Have a great day