LiLI Tutorials: Archived Webinars

Archived Webinars

[Recorded February 11, 2020.] Gale’s Chilton Library provides your users with on-demand automotive repair information, including service bulletins, detailed diagrams, specification tables, and step-by-step instructions. In addition to information on makes and models from 1940-current, Chilton Library also has ASE Test prep quizzes to help students get certified. Auto mechanics will also benefit from Chilton’s mobile responsiveness and read-speak functionality. In this session, we will explore the platform’s navigation and ways to support your automotive community.

[Recorded April 20, 2023] Gale’s ChiltonLibrary provides car enthusiasts, students, and mechanics access to maintenance and repair information              (including a video library), labor estimating, and ASE test prep questions. This session reviews the newly released enhancements, including an updated and intuitive platform, VIN searching capabilities, and a Recent Vehicles option to easily navigate to previous searches.

Explore more training options on the Gale Support site: https://support.gale.com/idaho/training

[Recorded November 16, 2023] Review the new Consumer Health Complete, the most comprehensive database for consumer-oriented health and wellness content. In this video, we browse the improved interface, review new and updated content, and demonstrate the enhanced user experience.

[Recorded September 19, 2023] A tour of Explora, EBSCO’s engaging interface designed to support student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality. In this video, discover journals, magazines, newspapers, and primary source documents available in EBSCO’s age-appropriate educational databases and review custom functionality like Lexile limiters, curriculum standards, and COPPA-compliant personal folders to organize student research.

[Recorded November 2, 2023] Learn how to get the most from your EBSCO resources. We use the EBSCOhost interface to explore popular EBSCO databases, including Academic Search Complete, Business Source Premier, and MasterFILE Premier. We cover basic and advanced search and review custom tools and functionality like the citation tool, Google and OneDrive integrations, and personal MyEBSCO accounts to organize research.

[Recorded September 15, 2022] This webinar reviews key functionality for three essential EBSCO resources:

    •  Explora; EBSO’s engaging interface designed to support student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
    • LearningExpress Library; the interactive learning platform that provides the most comprehensive collection of resources for basic skills mastery, academic success, and college preparation.
    • Novelist K-8 Plus: a database of book recommendations that helps librarians and educators connect young readers with the books they love.

[Recorded March 16, 2023] This webinar provides an overview of EBSCO’s Small Business Reference Center and Business Source Premier. The trainer reviews content, key features, and browsing/searching capabilities. 

[Recorded September 5, 2023] Check out this demonstration of EBSCOhost’s enhanced user experience. Topics covered include improvements in accessibility, full-text viewing, sharing and citation tools, and the new “My Dashboard.”

[Recorded May 18, 2023] This webinar reviews EBSCO’s History Reference Center, which will transition to the Explora interface in July 2023. This review will be followed by a discussion of how other reference centers on LiLI will transition to the Explora interface.

 

[Recorded September 15, 2021.] Gale e-Books provides Idaho residents with quality content to develop personal and professional skills and accessibility tools to reach all patrons. This recorded session will highlight accessibility features, including text enlargement, translation, text to speech, online definitions, and digital highlights and notes. We share best practices to help users, including those with low vision, learning disabilities, and language barriers, find and engage with books to meet their personal, professional, and academic goals.

[Recorded July 14, 2021.] Searching for and applying for jobs can be complex tasks. With Gale eBooks, your users can find simple, on-demand support to access their interests and build the perfect resume. In this session, designed for library staff working with job seekers of all ages, we will review new titles to your collection, including Packaging Yourself: The Targeted Resume 5, Career Courage: Discover Your Passion, Step Out of Your Comfort Zone, & Create the Success You Want and more. In addition to reviewing your new content, we will review the tools and features within the Gale eBooks platform designed to help users quickly find and collect relevant information.

[Recorded February 16, 2023] Gale eBooks from LiLI provide unlimited 24/7 access to nonfiction reference eBooks. In this webinar recording we cover the basics of Gale eBooks, including browsing eBooks, searching within eBooks/subjects/collections, and managing html and PDF entries with features like citations, highlights and notes, and Gale to Google/Microsoft integration.

 
Explore more training options on the Gale Support site: https://support.gale.com/idaho/training

World Book Kids – a LiLI Webinar

[Recorded December 8, 2022] World Book Kids is an online encyclopedia for students in early grades. This user-friendly database features multimedia, comparison tools, and interactive games and activities for learning. This recording gives an overview of the platform and highlights new and underutilized sections of this invaluable resource.

World Book Online Overview 

[Recorded October 17, 2023] An overview of LiLI.org’s World Book Online resources. With read-aloud functions, translation into over 100 languages, different reading levels, and educational games, there are tools to help every patron access content at their given level!