Library Marketing & Outreach with Community Practice: Promoting Databases

Selecting a Database? - Start Here - 6 favorites

• Find General Overview with Google Scholar & Wikipedia.
• Find Current Event Info with LexisNexis Academic, Academic Search Complete
• Find Background Info with Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Resource Center (Artemis), Opposing Viewpoints
• Find In-depth Information with Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, ScienceDirect, and Literature Resource Center

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  Here are our 6 favorite databases from TEL-Tennessee Electronic Library for 1^st and 2^nd year students. Free to Tennessee residents. No username or password needed.

• Academic OneFile
• Literature Resource Center (Artemis)
• OmniFile
• Opposing View Points
• Twayne’s Author Series
• Career Transitions
• Learning Express

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  Great Tip: Find database tutorials under the “Help” or “?” tool feature on vender home page or visit their YouTube Channels like this one for EBSCO databases, EBSCO YouTube Channel.

EBSCO’s Promotion Tools (for helpful tutorials and supportive resources): http://support.ebscohost.com/promotion/

EBSCO webinar, pre-recorded session, and training materials: http://support.ebscohost.com/training/

EBSCO’s Customer Support: https://help.ebsco.com and Support@ebsco.com

Don’t forget to access the Librarian Resources link in the grey footer of your LearningExpress site to download helpful promotional resources. And be sure to direct your colleagues and patrons to the end-user video tutorials in-product on the Video Guides tab.