The University of Toledo

Instructional Materials by Format

This page lists our help materials by format. You can also browse materials by resource.

Help Sheets and LibGuides

• Alternatives to Printing [PDF]
• AccessMedicine [PDF]
• Anxiety and Library Use [LibGuide]
• Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS Previews [LibGuide]
• CINAHL [PDF]
• Cochrane Library [PDF]
• Consumer Health Information at the Mulford Library [PDF]
• EBSCOhost Databases [PDF]
• EndNote Bibliographic Management System [LibGuide]
• ExamMaster [PDF]
• Formatting Theses and Dissertations with Microsoft Word [PDF]
• Getting Settled @ Your Library: Helpful Hints for your Residency [PDF]
• Glossary of Information Management Terms
• ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan Guide)  [PDF]
• Journal Citation Reports (ISI) [PDF]
• Journal Impact Factors: Use and Misuse [PDF]
• MD Consult [LibGuide]
• MEDLINE Comparison Table [PDF]
• MEDLINE Subheadings and Publication Types [PDF]
• Nursing Information Resources [PDF]
• OhioLINK Information Guide [LibGuide]
• Online Journals [web page]
• Online Journals [PDF]
• Old Medical Indexes [PDF]
• Posters for Presentation using PowerPoint 
• PsycINFO [LibGuide]
• PubMed [PDF]
• Full Text Articles in PubMed [PDF]
• Reference Styles
• Remote Access to Library Resources
• Research Instruments  [LibGuide]
• Science Citation Index [PDF]
• StatRef [PDF]
• Theses and Dissertations at the University Libraries [LibGuide]
• UpToDate [PDF]
• University Libraries Catalog & the OhioLINK Catalog [PDF]
• Verifying Citations:
  Is the Reference Complete? [PDF]
  Citation Verification Strategies [PDF]
  Resources Used in Citation Verification [PDF]
• Videos and DVDs in the Online Catalog [PDF] 

Step-by-Step Database Search Guides

These guides will take you through a sample search in Biological Abstracts, CINAHL, MD Consult, PsycINFO, and PubMed. Please note that these guides are meant to be samples: if you have a more complex topic and need additional assistance, please contact Mulford Reference Assistance at 419-383-4218 or MulfordReference@utoledo.edu.

• Biological Abstracts [LibGuide]
• CINAHL [PDF]
• MD Consult [LibGuide]
• PsycINFO [LibGuide]
• PubMed [PDF]

Tutorials

• Assessing your Information Need
• Using CINAHL to Find Journal Articles [click the "CC" button to turn on/off closed captioning]
• Cochrane Library [from Wiley Online Library: see Evidence-Based Medicine category]
• Health Science Campus Orientation Video
• OhioLINK Catalog [from OhioLINK]
• PubMed: from the NLM and from the Univ of Washington
• Submitting Electronic Theses and Dissertations to OhioLINK and ProQuest
• Mulford Library Online Tour
• Basic Research Strategies

Quick Tips

• Journals in the Mulford Library
• Research instruments
• Research materials