Jackson Community College

Atkinson Library

Instructional PowerPoints

This series of PowerPoint self-paced tutorials are designed to introduce the basics of effective use of the various databases and other tools for research found on the Research Databases link.

Database Instructional PowerPoints

Biography Research Center - learn to search for biography information.
Children's Literature - provides access to resources on Children's Literature.
FirstSearch - search tool with a variety of available databases.
History Research Center - resources for American and world history.
InfoTrac - provides access to 18 different databases.
JCC Research Databases - information on all databases available through JCC.
Literature Research Center - learn to research literature.
MeL: the Michigan eLibrary - databases and resources for state residents
ProQuest-access business and nursing resources through this system.
WilsonSelectPlus-a FirstSearch databases with all full-text articles.

Other Instructional PowerPoints

Horizon Online Library Catalog - search for books, videos, DVDs and more.
Interlibrary Loan - learn the basics of how to request through ILL.

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