This video demonstrates some of the techniques for searching for articles about lasers using SUNY Orange's article databases.
Action: Start from the library's home page and click the Databases by Subject link.
Annotation: Look through the list for a subject that will be useful
Action: Click the Science Link and then the link to Science Direct.
Action: Type Lasers in the search box and click search.
Annotation: Science Direct  found thousands of articles about lasers. Which one is good?
Annotation: Lets try this one.
Action: Click the article titled "Trend of laser research developments in global level".
Action: Review the article's record for information.
Annotation: The abstract is a summary of the article.
Action: The search terms are highlighted in red to find.
Annotation: I don't understand anything about this article.
Action: Go back to the top of the browser and click back to the library's home page.
Annotation: I need some more information about laser. Encyclopedia Britannica is a good place to go.
Action: Click the Encyclopedia Britannica link. Search for lasers and click the link for the first document.
Action: Read through the article to find useful information.
Annotation: Description of the invention of lasers.
Annotation: This section is about lasers used in surgery.
Annotation: I'm going to try the Medicine and Health databases.
Action: Return to the library's home page and return to the Databases by Subject page and click Medicine and Health.
Action: Click the link to Ebsco's Health Source - Consumer Edition.
Annotation: I'm looking for articles about laser surgery.
Action: Type Laser surgery in the search box and click Search.
Annotation: The database found 600 articles.
Action: Scan through the list and click the article titled "Controvercies in Laser Medicine".
Action: Look through the article's record for useful information.
Annotation: The database has a "Lasers in surgery" subject that finds articles about that topic.
Action: Click the "Lasers in surgery" link for different articles.
Action: Click the article titled "Controvercies in Laser Medicine".
Annotation: Look through the abstract and article and see if it is useful.
Action: Return to the top of the article record.
Annotation: Articles that look useful can be e-mailed to an account you use.
Action: Click the email link icon that looks like the envelope.
Action: Type the e-mail address of an account you use and click Citation button to include the MLA citation.
Annotation: Select the citation style for your bibliography.
Action: Click send when you are ready.
Action: Return to the results and click the Advanced Search link.
Annotation: Search a specific topic by using "and" entering a second search term.
Action: Type the word eye in the second search box and select Abstract, then click search.
Annotation: These articles are about lasers used in eye surgery.
Action: Scan through the list for useful articles.
Annotation: These articles are not what I'm lookoing for.
Action: click the Lasik(Eye surgery) link on the left.
Annotation: These articles are about LASIK surgery.
Action: Scan through the list of articles and click the article "Eye surgery council defines LASIK terms"
Action: Click the envelope icon to email the article to your favorite account.
Action: Type the e-mail address and complete the form including the citation format.
Action: Look through the list then click the article titled "Contact 


Search a specific topic by using "and" entering a second search term