Tutorials and help pages

Published by Anne-Marie Pettersson on May 14, 2007 in Databases and Tutorials and help pages. 0 Comments
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Tutorials and help pages for databases, search engines and Internet directories work as support and guidance for new and inexperienced users. These help functions are built-in the systems.

Tutorials

An introductory tutorial is useful when you want to start searching a new database. Tutorials are used for new users who are learning a system and they often give step-by-step instructions. Online tutorials are sessions for practice which are constructed especially for new users of a database so that they will get an idea of how it works.

At your own pace you can go through prepared exercises and examples in a test environment. You can go back and repeat if you did not understand the instructions the first time. You can follow how a search is built, how to use the thesaurus, how different operators such as And, OR and NOT are used, plus get many good tips on what to keep in mind when searching that specific database.

An example of an interactive online-tutorial is the help for the search-function in Science Direct.

Help pages

Most search tools have help pages. A good advice for when you are searching the web is to always read the help pages of search engines and subject catalogues where you can get advice on how to limit your search among other things. In the help pages you can also get tips on how operators such as AND, OR and NOT are used, plus many other useful tips on what to consider when searching that specific database. The functions of the operators can vary between different databases and search engines.

If you want to get better and more manageable search results you should learn a little more about the search tool you are using. If you spend a couple of minutes reading them it will be easier for you to find good and useful information. The help pages available from the various search engines and catalogues are often very valuable to study when you are searching for information. They help you save time and get more precise search results.

You will find a good example of a help page at the search engine Google.

Anne-Marie Pettersson
2005-06-20