A Virtual Library Tour and tutorials to help find articles, etc.

To take a virtual tour of the UA library and begin to search for an article. 
Main Library Virtual Tour http://www.library.arizona.edu/applications/virtualTour/ 

This virtual tour starts at the Main Library. Students click on the different floors of the building and then can click on the blue “I” (information) buttons to get an audio description of the different services/resources highlighted on each floor. If they click in the upper right corner on “Library locations” they will see a campus map with different library collections highlighted. Clicking on the green “I” (information) buttons brings up a written description of each library.

Using the Library Catalog tutorial

http://www.library.arizona.edu/applications/quickHelp/tutorials/view/7

This interactive tutorial addresses the following:   1. Find Books by Keyword searching; 2. Find Books by Phrase searching; 3. Find Book Chapters; 4. Find Illustrations in Books; 5. Find Books by Author searching; 6. Find the Call Number Location Guide to locate library materials; 7. Find a library book when you have an incomplete citation; 8. Find an article in a Journal when you have an incomplete citation

Academic Search Complete Tutorial http://www.library.arizona.edu/applications/quickHelp/tutorials/view/4

This tutorial takes students through the following steps:  Locate Academic Search Complete on the library site; Identify Keywords; Search Academic Search Complete (ASC); Revise Your Search; Evaluate Search Results (Ensure Articles are On-topic); Locate Additional Articles; Retrieve articles that are not full-text in the ASC database; Locate scholarly articles; Create properly formatted citations.

Finding Library Materials http://www.library.arizona.edu/tutorials/finding_library_materials/

Another tutorial/guide that overlaps somewhat with the above tutorials. It covers finding books, articles, magazines, journals, newspapers, maps, etc.