Database Tutorials: User Guides

Read the detailed reference guide, watch 3 short video introductions, take a self-paced training session, or attend a live webinar. From The Cochrane Collaboration.

Detailed information about searching in HeinOnline Academic. Includes screenshots.

Learn about each part of HeinOnline Academic. MCPHS has access to many of the parts listed in these guides. MCPHS does not have access to other parts listed in these guides.

See screenshots of specific features and read a few paragraphs about the highlighted features. Use the built-in Google Translate plugin to read it in another language. From Wolters Kluwer.

Read about technical requirements. See screenshots of different pages in LWW Health Library and descriptions of their main features. The examples use a different collection than MCPHS has, but the sites are set up in the same way. The section about logging in does not apply to you. From Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

A PDF intended for people who will be teaching others to use Micromedex. From Truven Health Analytics - IBM Watson Health.

Note: In order to access this file:
1. Log into Micromedex.
2. Click "Training Center" in the white bar at the top of the page.
3. Scroll down and find "Instructor Guide" in the list.
4. Click Register.

Use the table of contents links to go to the information you need. Read detailed descriptions. See screenshots of important features. From Truven Health Analytics - IBM Watson Health.

See brief instructions, with screenshots, for using the different parts of the PharmacyLibrary site. The tutorial has one page for each main section of the PharmacyLibrary site.

See ProQuest's own guide to Pivot-RP. These pages contain brief definitions for some of the phrases you see in Pivot-RP and included embedded videos about using specific features.

Use this guide to learn how to use ProQuest Ebook Central. Click on a tab to see a particular topic. Each page in the guide has screenshots with numbered features. Read the corresponding note along the side to see what each feature does. Created by ProQuest.

This detailed PowerPoint presentation shows how to find an article from a citation and how to search in the new version of PubMed. From the NLM. The template has not been customized by MCPHS.