Duggan Library Online Tutorials

Learn about book reviews and how to find them!

How to use your personal library account to manage your library item usage in PantherCAT.

Learn what annotations are, how to write them, and how to create an annotated bibliography.

Learn the options for searching, using, and saving records in the Duggan Library's online catalog, PantherCAT.

Learn about manuscripts: what they are, how they are used, and how to find them in the Duggan Library's Archives and Special Collections department.

Learn what primary sources are and how they can be used in your class research. Learn how to identify primary source materials in the Duggan Library

How to use online tools in PantherCAT and library databases such as EBSCO to create and format citations for books, articles, and other materials.

A tutorial on how to navigate LibGuides, the Duggan Library's new content management system for subject resources.

Learn how to use the WorldCat database to find items in other libraries, and to use the Direct Request Interlibrary Loan feature.

Learn about the Duggan Library's Reference Collection - what materials are available, how to find them, how to use them, and why they are important to your research.

Learn about the Duggan Library's Reference Collection - the types of materials available, how to find them, how to use them, and why they are important to your research.

Learn to use RSS for content delivery from blogs, news services, and online research databases.

Take a tour of the Duggan Library at Hanover College.

Learn the basics of research databases - what they are, and how to search them effectively.

Tips for topic selection and development, and how to create a search strategy. View this before diving into your database searches - you'll save time and get better results!

Get under the hood of Google's search technology and get better, more relevant search results.

Learn how to use the SFX tool to track down the full-text (electronic, or in print) of journal articles at the Duggan Library. SFX will lead you to complete articles in other available resources, allowing you to search comprehensively and efficiently. This tutorial will also help you get through the "dead end" search, aiding you on using Interlibrary Loan tools to get materials from other libraries. Click on the "Play" button above to get started!