Canadian Points of View Reference Centre

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Canadian Points of ViewReference Centre

• Tutorial

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Welcome to EBSCOs Canadian Points of View
Reference Centre (POV) tutorial. Canadian POV is
a full text database that provides users with a
series of essays that present multiple sides of
current Canadian-themed issues. In this tutorial
you will learn about key interface features such
as browsing by category, advanced searching and
accessing helpful research tools in the How to
section.
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To begin, you can either enter a search term in
the Find field or use the Browse by Category menu
to search for articles in some of the more
popular topics in Canadian POV. Well begin by
clicking on the category Environment revealing
all of the related topics in the category.
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All of the related topics under Environment are
displayed. If you do not see your desired topic,
click View All Topics to search through the
entire list of categories available. For now,
click on Renewable Energy.
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The Points of View results tab is the default
document type displayed. Under this tab, Point
and Counterpoint articles about the subject are
listed as well as an Overview and a Guide to
Critical Analysis. When other articles are
available, you will be able to view them under
one of the other document type tabs, such as All
Results, Canadian Magazines and Canadian
Newspapers. Here, we see the available Points of
View articles for Renewable Energy displayed. To
read an article, click on the article title or on
HTML full text.
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From the article citation, you can print, e-mail,
save or export the article. You can also save it
to your personal folder by clicking Add to
Folder.
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The Guide to Critical Analysis for each
controversial topic discusses criteria in
understanding the issue, and also presents
exercises such as debate or a critical essay that
help the reader further analyze the subject.
Next, we'll look at performing an advanced search
in Canadian POV. Click on the Canadian Points of
View icon to return to the home screen.
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To perform a keyword search using limiters, click
the Advanced Search link above the Find field.
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Enter your search term in the Find field and
select the limiters you would like to apply to
your search. We'll enter the term Global Warming
into the Find field and then select Points of
View, Canadian Newspapers and Videos as the
Document Types to be returned. Let's also add a
publication date range of January 2003 to
December 2007. Click Search.
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Canadian POV executes the search and returns all
relevant results. You can also search the
database by the name of a Publication. To search
by Publication, click the Publications link found
in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
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You can search by entering a publication name
into the Find field or by browsing the
publications using the A - Z links. Next we'll
look at Research Guides. Click on the Canadian
Points of View logo in the upper left hand corner
to return to the home screen.
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The How to section features articles that assist
with various stages of your research. Clicking on
a topic will display a link to a Canadian POV
article with information to assist you in your
research. For now, let's click on Write a Thesis
Statement.
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Clicking on the full text of this article will
display a helpful explanation of a thesis
statement with tips on how to create an effective
one.
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HELP At any time during your session, you can
click on the Help link to view the complete
online Help system, and visit our Support Site to
browse our Knowledge Base of FAQs, download Help
Sheets, User Guides, and tutorials, or see whats
new in our Top Stories. This concludes the
Canadian Points of View Reference Centre tutorial.