Although this webinar has been scheduled for Wenzhou-Kean students, all are welcome to attend.

Would you like to take your database searching skills to the next level? Interested in utilizing database strategies that will connect you to the most relevant information for your research projects? Then please join us for this online workshop, which will explore advanced database searching techniques. This live webinar will give you the opportunity to ask questions related to your own research project.

Learning Objectives:

• The workshop will highlight key subject-focused resources accessible through the Databases A-Z page.
• The workshop will cover Periodicals A-Z as an entry point to the digital periodicals collection.
• The workshop will feature basic to advanced database searching strategies that will produce relevant search results for topics of interest.
• The workshop will introduce how members of the Kean community may use Google Scholar to access full-text articles for free through Kean's library databases.
• The workshop will introduce common productivity functions -- such as, search alerts, citation alerts, and journal alerts -- available through many databases.

Learning Outcomes:

• Participants will be aware of and able to access the search interfaces for WorldCat Discovery and more than 250 multidisciplinary and subject-focused databases to which Kean University subscribes.
• Participants will be able to develop and implement database search strategies that will help them access relevant books/ebooks, journal articles, data, and other relevant information sources.
• Participants will be able to revise Google Scholar settings in order to access "Full Text @ Kean University."
• Participants will be able to set up search alerts, citation alerts, journal alerts, and other database productivity functions.
• Participants will be aware of and able to access research and learning support through LibChat as well as appointments with librarians and tutors/coaches from Writing Services, Tutoring, and the Public Speaking Lab.