The librarians have created a number of video tutorials on a variety of library topics, including how to navigate specific database interfaces to broader concepts like preparing an effective search strategy. A complete collection of up-to-date tutorials is available in the Help and How-Tos Guide. You may wish to provide your students with a link to that whole guide, or you can pick and choose the tutorials you want to include from what's here.
MILO is the library's general search tool, and it searches lots of resources (books, articles, e-books, encyclopedias, etc.) all at once. Here's what you need to know to start searching MILO.
Here's how to get the most out of what you type into a database search box.
Check out this 3-minute YouTube video on the differences between scholarly and popular journals produced by the Vanderbilt Library.