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Searching the Library Collections

Searching the KansasCom Library opens a wide-world of resources available to you. A basic search will connect you with books, book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles, video and so much more! The ability to quickly narrow your search using provided search tools is an essential skill to develop.

The video below is a look at just a few of the ways you can navigate through the library's resources.

If you want to explore more advanced search features visit our One Search guide.

Visit our guide: Exploring One Search

 

If you need research assistance, please make an appointment with one of our librarians.

Schedule an appointment.

Access Medicine

McGraw-Hill eBook Library

Content in the McGraw-Hill eBook Library can be discovered by browsing or through search.  See this short video on navigating site features or view this Quick Start guide.

UpToDate

See below for videos covering basic search and graded recommendations in UpToDate.

How to Use Refworks

RefWorks accounts are free for KSCOM community members!

KSCOM has an active site license for RefWorks (through our TCS Education Affiliation) in order to provide our community with a fully functioned, and fully supported, reference management solution.

RefWorks allows you to save, organize, deploy, and share references in a variety of ways.

  • Collect references from a variety of sources and store them in a single location
  • Organize references in folders and sub-folders by topic
  • Format and create bibliographies (in APA Style, or other styles)
  • Share folders of references with colleagues and project partners
  • Insert citations into your papers with Write-N-Cite​

Students, Faculty, & Staff: To register for a free account​ you must use your KSCOM email address:. (i.e. ****@kansashsc.org), and click on the "Create Account" link from the RefWorks Login Page

For your convenience, you can download our registration guide below. 

Review an Introduction to Refwoks (from RefWorks)