Tips & Tutorials
eCampus ~ Powerpoint ~ Photoshop
Library Catalog (Books) ~ Online Databases (Magazines, Newspapers, and More)
Not sure where to find information on a topic?
- recommended subject headings and reference sources for books
- recommended online databases for magazine, newspaper, TV, and radio articles/reports
- recommended websites - many of the topics listed have a section for tutorials related to that topic. For example, need help with math? Check out the math tutorials at the "Guide to Math Recommended Websites".
eCampus
Powerpoint
- Creating a Powerpoint Presentation for Your Speech Class
- Powerpoint Tutorials for Non-Speech Students
- Introduction to PowerPoint (Powerpoint on how to use Powerpoint)
- Introduction to PowerPoint (video tutorial)
- Basics of Powerpoint 2000 or XP (screenshots included)
- Basics of Powerpoint 2000 (detailed)
- Powerpoint 2000 in the Classroom
- Powerpoint XP (pdf)
- Powerpoint Tips (powerpoint demonstration)
- How to Use PowerPoint
- Powerpoint Tutorial
- Powerpoint Downloads, Tips, Tricks & Tutorials
How to Use the Library: Books, Articles, Web...
- Searchpath Tutorial: Using the Library (Library Catalog, Databases, Web, Works Cited)
- Starting Your Own Business: What's On the Web?
- Starting Your Own Business: Using the Databases to Locate Information
- Looking for Medical Information: Books
- Looking for Medical Information: Databases
- Looking for Medical Information: Web
- Looking for Medical Information: Work Cited Examples
- Boolean Machine: Interactive AND, OR, NOT
Using the Library Catalog
- Searching the Library Catalog: Keyword Search (flash movie with audio - searching example)
- Searching the Library (mp4)
- Searching the Library (m4v)
- Using netLibrary for e-Books
Using Databases to Find Articles and Research
Most of the databases contain full-text articles!
- Using the Databases to Find Articles (Flash movie with audio)
- Using the Databases to Find Articles (powerpoint)
- Using the Databases to Find Articles (powerpoint converted to web page)
- Locating Articles for Scholarly Articles in Psychology
- What the Difference Between Scholarly and Popular?
- What is a Journal?
Search Tips and Time-Savers:
- Successful Search Strategies (video)
- Successful Searching Tips (powerpoint)
- Successful Searching Tips (powerpoint converted to web page)
- Searching Effectively, Part I: Using AND, OR, NOT (interactive tutorial)
- Searching Effectively, Part II: Combining AND, OR, NOT (interactive tutorial)
- Searching Effectively: Truncation (interactive tutorial)
Specific Magazine/Journal Databases:
- Academic Search Complete (video and audio)
- Academic Search Complete (Flash movie with captions - no audio - searching example)
- Academic Search Complete (Flash movie with audio - searching example)
- Academic Search Complete
(Flash movie)
- CQ Researcher
- CQ Researcher (Flash movie with audio - searching example)
- CINAHL
- CINAHL: Basic Searching (Flash video - 3 minutes)
- CINAHL: Advanced Searching (Flash video - 8 minutes)
- Facts.com (World News Digest, Today's Science on File, Issues & Controversies on File - Flash movie with audio -searching example)
- First Search (pdf)
- Health & Wellness Center (Flash video)
- Literature Resource Center
- PubMed
- SIRS
Newspapers:
Additional Guides:
- Introduction to Photoshop CS: Menu, Toolbox, and More
- Basic Image Techniques: Selection Tools
- Resize, crop, open from bridge, and save for the web.
- Basic Image Techniques: More Selection Tools
- Feather, magic wand, lasso, eraser, blur, and image adjustments.
- More Image Techniques!
- Magnetic lasso, magic wand, custom shapes, magic eraser, blur, clone, custom shapes, merging images, and adding layer styles.
- Simple Text Options
- Creating with Shapes
- Creating with Text, Images, and Shapes
- Backgrounds
Videos for Photoshop CS2
- Introduction to Photoshop CS: Menu, Toolbox, and More
- Creating Basic Shapes, Part I
- Creating Basic Shapes, Part II
- Text Basics
- Text: Using with Shapes and Navigation Bars
- Text: Using with Curved Navigation Bars and Images
- Creating Buttons
- Creating Backgrounds
- Basic Image Techniques, Part I
- Resizing, image mode, brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, fill options, and feathering.
- Basic Image Techniques, Part II
- Cloning, patch tool, eraser, and adding filters.
- More Image Techniques
- Extract, combining images, layer fills.
- Using Images inside Logos
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
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Dallas, TX
Last Updated:
August 15, 2008