LibGuides: Library Video Tutorials: Academic Tutorials

Orientation Tutorials

The following links show you simple what-is-this and where-is-this tutorials that will help orient you around the library web site.

Find Kanopy
If you want to find the movie streaming database Kanopy, this short video shows you how to
Library Home Page Explained
Learn about where to find the databases, the catalogs, the journals, libguides, and our discovery layer, OneSearch
Making Your Paper/Project Accessible and Submitting in Digital Commons and OhioLINK ETD
Learn how to make your paper/project meet the digital accessibility standard and how to submit it to Digital Commons and OhioLINK ETD.
Orientation Tutorial
Learn about the basics of library use
Student Projects (Distinction, Honors, Capstone Projects, Masters and Doctoral Theses)
Learn about how to find published student work at Otterbein, including Distinction, Capstone and Honors Projects, or Theses

The following links show you how you can use specific resources, such as OneSearch, the OPAL and the OhioLink Catalogs, and other databases.

OneSearch Tutorial
How to search for books and articles using OneSearch
OPAL Catalog Search
How to find books in the catalog
OhioLink Catalog Search
How to search for books in the OhioLink catalog
CINAHL Database Search
Especially useful for students in Nursing and medical sciences, this tutorial teaches the basics of CINAHL searching
Evaluating Web Sites
You can use this tutorial to learn how to quickly evaluate web sites for research purposes
Popular, Scholarly, and Peer-reviewed Articles
This video explains the difference between lay or popular articles and scholarly and peer-reviewed articles
Zotero tutorial/Web-based and App-based versions
This tutorial will teach you how to use the bibliographic management tool Zotero