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SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THIS PAGE:

Welcome to the COAPS Library tutorial center. The purpose of the tutorial center is to assist the FSU research community with identifying, accessing and utilizing the library resources avialable. Materials will be available in HTML and PDF formats. Instructions for viewing PDF documents is at the bottom of this page.

Guide To Databases In The Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences.
A guide to locating bibliographic databases and journal resources.
Web Version

El Niño Bibliography

Introduction to WilsonSelect
WilsonSelect is a full-text database available from FirstSearch.
PDF Version / Web Version

New publication: The BiblioTip Newsletter

This newsletter will inform the library community with features like, what's new from the libraries, tips on searching databases and more. The focus will be on utilizing electronic resources available to the Florida State University research community.

* The tutorials below are currently under construction. WebLUIS has undergone major revisions and these tutorials need to be changed to reflect those changes in WebLUIS.

The emphasis will be on finding information in Oceanography, Meteorology and Mathematics. There will also be instructions for copyright compliance when electing to post articles and research on the web.

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THESE ARE UNDERGOING REVISION. SEE NOTE ABOVE.

Current Contents Tutorial / PDF document - approximately 17KB

FirstSearch Tutorial / PDF document - approximately 17KB

A Guide to Databases Available In LUIS / PDF document - approximately 17KB

Searching For Book And Journal Titles In LUIS / PDF document - approximately 26KB

Detailed information on how to locate articles using LUIS. / Item is a web link.

A test tutorial for Current Contents. / Item is a web link.

HOW TO VIEW PDF DOCUMENTS

The COAPS Library tutorials are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and may be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader^©, which is freely available from the Adobe site.

You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download a copy, see "Steps to Downloading the Free Acrobat Reader" at Adobe's Web site or push the "Get Acrobat" button at right.