Confused? Need help with your research? That's what we're here for...

• If you're on campus, your first stop should be the Reference Desk on the main floor of the library. The desk is staffed Monday - Friday from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (with reduced hours in the summer), and we'll help you with any questions you have about your research or about the library.

• We've prepared a number of web based tutorials to guide you:

  • How to do Off Campus Authentication

  • How to choose a database (general introduction)

  • How to check if the library has a journal.

  • How to create a RefWorks account.

  • How to export citations from EbscoHost into RefWorks.

  • How to export citations from BU Catalog into RefWorks

  • How to export citations from Medline/PubMed into RefWorks

  • How to import a bibliography from RefWorks into Moodle

  • Citing your Sources: APA and MLA Citation Styles (by Eastern Washington University)

  • How to retrieve article citations formatted in different citation styles (by Regis University)

  • Model for the Process of Informational Research (ANTS Tutorial from Trinity Western University)

• Database Tutorials

  • How to use the Academic Search Premier database (Basic Search) (ANTS Tutorial from Camosun College).

  • Timesavers with the Academic Search Premier database (ANTS Tutorial from Camosun College).

  • How to use the American History and Life/ Historical Abstracts database 

  • How to use the ATLA database (ANTS Tutorial from Trinity Western University).

  • How to use the Business Source Premier database (Basic Search) (ANTS Tutorial from Trinity Western University).

  • How to use the Business Source Premier database (Advanced Search) (ANTS Tutorial from Trinity Western University).

  • CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) Basic Search Tutorial , CINAHL Advanced Search Tutorial and CINAHL Headings Tutorial  (ANTS Tutorials from Trinity Western University)

  • ERIC (through EBSCOhost) Basic Search Demo (Audio included) (ANTS Tutorials from Trinity Western University)

  • How to identify relevant search terms using the Thesaurus in the ERIC database through EBSCOhost (Audio included) (ANTS Tutorials from Trinity Western University)

  • ERIC (through EBSCOhost) Advanced Search Tutorial (Audio included) (ANTS Tutorials from Trinity Western University)

  • How do a Simple Search in ERIC

  • How to use Descriptors and Thesaurus in ERIC

  • JSTOR Tutorial (from Camosun College)

  • MLA: Modern Language Association Basic Search, Advance Search and Visual Search Tutorial

  • PsychInfo Database Tutorials (ANTS Tutorial from Trinity Western University)

• Another way to get started is by consulting our Library Guides by Subject to see if we have any guides that could help you.

• If you're looking for books in the library, you should search our Library Catalog Books aren't the only thing the library has - you can find videos, compact discs, and other material through the catalog.

• If you're looking for journal articles, you could look at our Subject Databases for an appropriate database. Or, if you're only interested in articles you can get right away, you could look at our Full-Text Databases.

• If you're in a hurry, there's our quick guide to searching.

• If you want some help with creating the bibliography for your paper, there's our citation library guide.

• You could look at the library Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.

• If you need online reference books, there are links on our here.

• These are links to more information about our Lending Policies or Hours of Operation.

As a general rule, the library offers library instruction courses when asked to do so by a professor, and directs the instruction to the subjects covered in the course.