Here you will find video demonstrations to answer your research and library questions. Find out about:
Additional videos are available in the following online tutorials:
- Study Smart: learning activities
- Advanced Information Retrieval Skills: Learning activities [QUT staff and students only]
Searching the catalogue and other resources
| Title | Description | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demonstrates how to search Quick Find, refine your search, open, save, print, and export saved records. | 3:22 minutes | Sound: none | |
| Demonstrates how to search the QUT library catalogue for a book using a TITLE search. Shows how to locate a book by noting the Item location, Call number and Status. | 3 minutes | Sound: none | |
How to search the catalogue using subject headings |
Demonstrates how to use subject headings to find other useful resources. | 1:26 minutes | Sound: none |
Finding Australian industry information via the ABS |
Demonstrates how to find Australian industry information via the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). | 3:20 minutes | Sound: none |
| Find out how to use Google Scholar to get fulltext articles by setting preferences to QUT Library. | 2:05 minutes | Sound: none |
Searching databases
| Title | Description | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choosing an appropriate database to search. | 1:26 minutes | Sound: none | |
| Demonstrates how to find full text from an abstract. | 2:40 minutes | Sound: none | |
| Demonstrates how to find a peer reviewed or scholarly article. | 1:49 minutes | Sound: none | |
| Demonstrates how to search databases and find articles on a topic. | 4:10 minutes | Sound: none | |
| Demonstrates how to search databases for qualitative research articles, quantitative research articles and literature reviews. | 5:03 minutes | Sound: none | |
| Demonstrates how to open, print, save and download an ebook via Ebook Library (EBL). | 1:35 minutes | Sound: none | |
Finding newspaper articles on the Factiva database |
Demonstrates how to find newspaper articles on the social issue of road safety using the Factiva.com database. | 3 minutes | Sound: none |
| Demonstrates how to find industry profiles using Mint Global database. | 3 minutes | Sound: none | |
| Demonstrates how to find annual reports searching by location and industry using Oriris database. | 5:30 minutes | Sound: none |
About Library services and facilities
| Title | Description | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding call numbers so you can find books and videos in the library | 3:25 minutes | Sound: yes | |
| How to check holds, renew loans and view your borrowing history via My Library Profile. | 1:52 minutes | Sound: none | |
| Describes the benefits depositing your work into the QUT ePrint repository. | 3:11 minutes | Sound file only. No video. |
