Tutorials and How-Tos

List of Lemieux Library Tutorials and How-To's

Watch all of the video tutorials and how-to's on the Seattle University Library YouTube channel.

Study Rooms, Books, and More

• Accessing your library account
• Renewing items on your library account
• Borrowing from Summit Libraries
• Borrowing from interlibrary loan (ILL/ILLiad)
• Reserving group study rooms
• Printing at the library

Research Help

• Getting help
  • Scheduling a research appointment
• Finding sources
  • Finding a subject or course research guide
  • Finding an article from a citation
  • Finding an electronic journal, magazine, or newspaper subscription
  • Finding an article from The Seattle Times
  • Finding an article from The New York Times
  • Finding a known Harvard Business Review article
  • Finding more sources using a technique called citation chaining
• Understanding and acknowledging sources of information
  • Identifying peer-reviewed or refereed articles
  • Understanding literature reviews
  • Avoiding plagiarism and acknowledging sources
• Using specific resources or databases
  • Connecting Google Scholar with Seattle University
  • Adding a citation manager to Google Scholar
  • Using the Library Catalog to find books, articles, and more
  • Using RefWorks to manage citations and create bibliography lists
  • Using Zotero to manage citations and create bibliography lists

Information for Faculty

• Teaching and instruction
  • Including a link to the library in Canvas
  • Adding or sending links to library resources
• Scholarly activities (tenure and promotion help)
  • Journal information
    • How to find journal impact factor
    • How to find where a journal is indexed
    • How to find journals in a specific subject area
    • How to find if a journal is peer-reviewed
    • Finding journal information in Cabells database
    • Finding predatory journals in Cabells database
  • Bibliometrics (citation counts, etc.)
    • Places to find citation counts, etc.
    • How to get an alert when someone cites you in Web of Science
    • How to get an alert when someone cites you in Google Scholar
  • Author information and online scholarly presence
    • How to find h-index in Web of Science
    • How to find your h-index in Google Scholar
    • Creating a Google Scholar profile
    • Creating an ORCID account
    • Finding your ORCID number
    • Populating/Creating your ORCID profile
    • How to read the ScholarWorks (institutional repository) dashboard