HSL Video Tutorials for Dept. of Health Sciences Students: DHS Video Tutorials

Welcome to the video tutorial series on how to use the Health Sciences Library for (Allied) Health Sciences Students.  This is a series of 6 short videos (transcripts included) covering the following topics:

• NEW: UNC HSL Website Tutorial 2024
• Intro to HSL (Welcome & Orientation)
• Catalog Searching
• Using Databases
• Article Searching (including using InterLibrary Loan (free to you) for article we do not own
• Advanced Searching Tips (including Boolean searching with AND, OR, NOT; PubMed MeSH, Advanced Searching in PubMed)

We hope these will help you become a more successful student as you become more skillful and more confident in using the Health Sciences Library.

NOTE: This series was created prior to the new libraries website (2024) so website screenshots how the former website. Use of the catalog and databases remains the same, as does article searching, including advanced searching tips.   

In this video we go over some of the resources available to you at HSL. All of our online library resources can be accessed remotely with your ONYEN and password, no matter where you are located.
Specifically, we cover how to contact the library, how to access research databases and guides, and where to search for resources using the HSL website.

BONUS CONTENT:  Places to Study at HSL including reservable group study rooms

In this video we’re going to cover how to search our online catalog. In the catalog, you can search not only for books, but also for journals, e-books and e-journals, and many other kinds of materials.

In this video we’ll go over some of the most popular library research databases for finding resources in health sciences. Whhen you're searching for articles, you'll generally be using a library database to conduct your search. 

In this video we'll go over how to access the full text of articles you’ve found searching in an academic database and what to do if you need a resource that isn't in one of our journal subscriptions.

In this video we will go over some more advanced searching tips including how to use Boolean operators such as AND and OR and how to add subject headings to your search strategy.  We will cover how to use PubMed's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) as an example of using subject headings.