Tutorials & Guides

Library Catalogs Article Databases General Library Guides Citation & Document Managers Ebooks

Course Guides Style Manuals Web Search Guides How-to Movies Keeping Current in the Biological Sciences

Additional guides and tutorials are offered by other members of the Center for Science and Engineering Literacy.

Library Catalogs

• About Library Catalogs
• OskiCat Quick Guide (HTML) (PDF)
• OskiCat Help (UC Berkeley)
• NextGen Melvyl Help (all UC campuses and worldwide)
• Melvyl Help (all UC campuses)

Article Databases

• UC-eLinks Tutorial: A Tool for Information Access (2m:21ss)

BIOSIS on the ISI Web of Knowledge

• Handouts
  • Two-page guide: (HTML) | (PDF)
  • Web of Knowledge: Creating Alerts (HTML) | (PDF)

• How-to Movies
• BIOSIS: Advanced Subject Searching (3m:54ss)
• Web of Knowledge: Creating Alerts (2m:57ss)
• Web of Knowledge: Creating an RSS Feed (3m:02ss)

PubMed

• Handouts
  • Two-page guide: (HTML) | (PDF)
  • UCB PubMed URL Information - Use this URL to access PubMed!
  • PubMed Alerts ( HTML) | (PDF)
  • PubMed: Creating an RSS Feed (2m:58ss)
• How-to Movies
  • Searching PubMed by Author (by NLM) (1m:58ss)
  • Searching PubMed by Author and Subject (by NLM) (1 min)
  • Searching PubMed by Subject (by NLM)(1m:22ss)
  • Searching PubMed by Journal (by NLM) (5 min)
  • MeSH Tutorials (created and hosted by NLM)
  • PubMed Alerts (2m:04ss)
  • EndNote: Importing Records from PubMed (1m:55ss)
  • RefWorks: Importing Records from PubMed (2m:25ss)
• Other Resources
  • NLM PubMed Tutorial
  • PubMed Help

AGRICOLA

• CSA Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• Fact Sheet for Agricola
• CSA Auto Alerts
• List of Journals Indexed in AGRICOLA

Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts

• CSA Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• Fact Sheet for ASFA
• CSA Auto Alerts

CAB Abstracts

• Two-page guide: (HTML) | (PDF)
• Web of Knowledge: Creating Alerts (HTML) | (PDF)

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database

• CSA Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• Fact Sheet: Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
• CSA Auto Alerts

GeoRef

• Guide to GeoRef
• CSA Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• GeoRef Fact Sheet
• CSA Auto Alerts

BIOBASE Knowledge Library

• BIOBASE Knowledge Library Tutorial - (Details and search techniques)

Web of Science

• Web of Knowledge: Creating Alerts (HTML) | (PDF)
• Web of Knowledge: Creating Alerts (2m:57ss)
• Web of Knowledge: Creating an RSS Feed (3m:02ss)

Zoological Record on the ISI Web of Knowledge

• Two-page Guide: (HTML) | (PDF)
• Web of Knowledge: Creating Alerts (HTML) | (PDF)
• Web of Knowledge: Creating Alerts (2m:57ss)
• Web of Knowledge: Creating an RSS Feed (3m:02ss)
  

General Library Guides

• Finding Materials on Course Reserve
• Renewing Your Books
• Evaluating Resources
• The Bioscience Library's Top Ten List

Citation and Document Managers

A brief description of these two bibliographic management programs with links directly to them is located at Citation and Document Managers.

EndNote

• Tutorial: Importing Records from PubMed (1m:55ss)
• EndNote: Importing Tips for Bioscience Databases and Catalogs
• Bringing Old Bibliographies into EndNote
• Using UC-eLinks With EndNote (works for versions 7 and 9 – X3 )
• Getting Started With EndNote 9 [UC Berkeley Optometry Library]

RefWorks

• Tutorial: Creating Bibliographies in RefWorks
• Tutorial: Importing Records from PubMed (2m:25ss)
• RefWorks: Importing Tips For Bioscience Databases and Melvyl
• Importing Results From BIOSIS
• Importing Results From CAB Abstracts
• Importing Results From PubMed (HTML) | (PDF)
• Importing Results From SciFinder
• Importing Results From Web of Science (HTML) | (PDF)
• Importing Results From Zoological Record
• RefWorks Help

Ebooks

• CRC NetBase Collections: FAQ and Troubleshooting Guide
• ebrary: Getting Started with ebrary
• ebrary: Printing and Copying in ebrary
• Knovel: Help Guide (PDF)

Course Guides

• Bio 1B - Library Guide
• Bio 1B - Online Class: Finding Information in the Life Sciences
• ESPM C12/ENGL C77/UGIS C12: Introduction to Environmental Studies
• ESPM 24: Insects, Ticks and Human Diseases (Freshman Seminar)
• ESPM 24: Issues in Natural Resources Conservation (Freshman Seminar)
• ESPM 60: Environmental Policy, Administration, and Law
• ESPM 107/IB 158: Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands
• ESPM 108A: Trees: Taxonomy, Growth and Structures
• ESPM 108B: Forest Genetics
• ESPM 115: Fish Ecology
• ESPM 155: Sociology of Natural Resources
• ESPM 168: Political Ecology
• ESPM 185: Applied Forest Ecology
• ESPM 192: Molecular Approaches to Environmental Problem-Solving
• ESPM 194: Senior Seminar in Conservation and Resource Studies
• IB 24: Animal Navigation (Freshman Seminar)
• IB 24: Future of Marine Ecosystems (Freshman Seminar)
• Journalism 226: Science Reporting
• Journalism 234: Africa, Women and Agriculture: The Global Food Crisis
• NS 10: Introduction to Human Nutrition
• NS 135: Food Systems Organization and Management
• NST 192: Junior Seminar in Dietetics

Style Manuals

• Berkeley Scientific: Research Paper Guidelines
• Citation Styles, Style Guides, and Avoiding Plagiarism [Teaching Library]

Web Search Guides

• Evaluating Web Resources [Teaching Library, UC Berkeley] 
• Finding Information on the Internet [Teaching Library, UC Berkeley]
• Recommended Web Search Engines [Teaching Library, UC Berkeley]