Biology: Video Tutorials Expand All + Collapse All - The instructions and video tutorials below will help orient you to the library and make researching easier. Finding Books and more at the Library - The Library Catalogue (Omni)Omni is the name of our library search tool and is where you should search for books, eBooks, journal articles, videos (and more) held by the library. This search tool also searches 18 other Ontario University Libraries and will alert you to materials at other libraries that you can request. The tutorials below introduce you to searching Omni:Getting Started with Omni 1: Searching and FilteringGetting Started with Omni 2: Accessing Library MaterialsCreating a search strategyFinding Journal Articles - Subject Specific DatabasesSubject-specific article databases collect publications for particular disciplines. Using these databases will result in a focused results list. You can identify databases in your discipline in several ways:look for database suggestions in the subject research guidesfiltering the Laurier Library’s full list of subscription resources Additional Video TutorialsSearch TipsBetter Searching Using AND, OR, NOT (video 2:26)Using Search Words Effectively (video 2:45)Getting Precise Results: Narrowing Your Search (Tutorial)All videos and tutorials from Laurier LibraryResearchPicking a topic and developing a research question in Geography and Environmental StudiesGetting precise results: narrowing your searchEvaluating SourcesWhat is a peer-reviewed journalPrimary and secondary literature in the sciencesUsing good sources: evaluating what you findReading Strategies in ScienceWriting and CitingCreating poster presentations for the sciencesHow to cite in CSE styleGetting started with MendeleyGetting started with Zotero