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The tutorials below will help you learn how to find books and articles and... why you should use the library instead of Google.

           Getting Started

• Introduction to ASU Library
  Provides an overview of the 8 libraries in the ASU Library system, and covers the basics of navigating the Libraries’ website.
• Why Use the Library When You Could Use Google?
  Explains why the library and its resources are still important in the age of Google.
• Finding Research Topics (2:40)
• When Your Professor Says, "You Can't Use The Web!" (2:39)

 Finding Books

• Using the ASU Library Catalog (2:41)
• Locating Books on the Shelf (2:45)
• Requesting Books from Any ASU Library (1:58)
• Checking Out Books (1:17)

Finding Articles

• Using Research Databases (4:23)
• Accessing Research Databases @ ASU Library (2:02)
• Article Types (Popular, News, Trade & Scholarly) (4:33)
• Using Academic Search Premier
• Using GetIt@ASU For Locating Full Text Articles (2:30)

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