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Tutorials
The following table provides links to various online tutorials to teach you about how to conduct research and use software more effectively. Please visit the Researcher's Toolkit page for additional tips to assist you in the research process or speak with a librarian.
 
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Assignment Calculator

While geared towards University of Minnesota students, this calculator enables you to create a creation timeline for each stage of the research/writing process.

EBSCOHost

This link provides access to a number of tutorials related to using the more than two dozen EBSCO electronic information resources to which we provide access.  The Basic Searching and Advanced Searching tutorials are geared to Academic Search Premiere but many of the concepts and strategies demonstrated in these and other tutorials are transferable to other EBSCO as well as non-EBSCO products.  Note: be aware that not all of the features appearing in the tutorials may be activated locally. 

General Technology

Our campus' Technology and Communications Department offers a variety of tutorials on various technologies in use on campus.  Their Where Did That Command Go? link is particularly useful for those attempting to migrate from Office03 to Office07.  It takes you to the Microsoft interactive tutorial pages.  From there, you can click on the old Office03 buttons and menu options and be redirected you to the same feature in the new version.

Glossaries

Learn the definitions and use of commonly used library and information terms.

- Glossary and Index (Monash University Library)
     This cross-referenced glossary also provides links to tutorials.

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Glossary of Terms (University of WI - Whitewater)
     In addition to defining library terms, this site also provides some  
    
introductory tutorials on a variety of library-related topics.

- Multilingual Glossary (American Library Association - ALA)
     Commonly used library terms are defined and translated into English,
    
Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and Spanish.

Office07
Tutorials for the 2007 editions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and more.
TILT
This classic tutorial from the University of Texas guides through all steps of the research process on your way to becoming information literate.

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