 Hello and welcome to this brief video on using the CMU Library's research databases and research guides. In this tutorial, we'll cover locating the library's specialized research databases, conducting a keyword search for journal articles, and using the research guides to find discipline and core-specific resources. To find our research databases, start at the library's homepage. The link to the databases list is in the red Quick Links banner. When you click on this link, you'll be taken to the databases, e-resources, and tools list. The libraries provide access to hundreds of specialized databases for research. Many contain discipline-specific scholarly and peer-review journal articles or newspaper articles, both current and historical. Some contain data sets and statistics, and others contain information about research methods. You can browse the databases by subject, or you can search our database description by keyword. Many of these databases allow you to create structured keyword searches. Let's say I am interested in the effects of fracking on drinking water. I can search for terms related to fracking, like fracking or hydraulic fracturing. I can use quotes around phrases to only look for the words together and not as separate terms. In addition to fracking terms, I want articles to include terms related to drinking water. Note that I use or between related terms and and between the different concepts of my question. You can limit your search to peer-reviewed literature or other types of information depending on the database. After you run your search, use the database filters and limits to further narrow your search. Since the library has hundreds of databases, we have created research guides of discipline or course-specific resources to help you narrow down to the key databases and resources for your topic or class. You can find these research guides from the library homepage in the quick link spanner. Once here, search for a topic or browse by subject or course. These research guides contain tabs with different types of information and lists of resources to help you find and conduct research in specific disciplines. That's a brief introduction to library research databases and guides. Please get in contact with the subject specialist librarian for more guidance on doing research with library resources. You'll find this information by going to the library homepage and clicking on Find Your Librarian in the quick link spanner.