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The first place you should start to become a better searcher. It's an audio and slideshow presentation that outlines basic and advanced searching techniques. It also includes a link to a presentation that shows me searching our catalog and describing as I go.
Searching Our Library's Catalog for Books
This is the link to the presentation of me describing a guided search of our catalog.
This is a tutorial provided by the Proquest database that tells you how to use their service.
Doing Basic Searches in Proquest
Same thing as above, but a bit more advanced.
Doing Advanced Searches in Proquest
These are two guides created by Google that will give you hints on keyword searching.