Tutorials

You might begin with the following free online tutorials:

• Searching the Internet: a Library Tutorial—learn how to use search engines and subject directories to find information on the World Wide Web
• Online Databases: Proquest Tutorial: an Interactive Simulation—learn how to find newspaper, magazine and journal full-text articles online
• Online Databases: ProQuest Tutorial (Alternative Text Version)
• Nursing Research Using ProQuest—learn how to find case studies authored by nurses, among other things
• Boolean Logic: What is it?—using Boolean terms (and, or, and not) to combine words and phrases is the key to successful advanced searching of the internet, databases and online catalogs
• Voyager
  
  
  •   Voyager Simple Search Tips (pdf file 145 kb)
  •   Voyager Advanced Search Tips (pdf file 112 kb)
  •   Electronic Books fact sheet
  •   Introduction to Voyager, eBooks and ProQuest—a PowerPoint presentation

Courses

You can take a Library Course for credit! Learn how to do research and use online resources.

Workshops

You may drop in at the free Librarian's Research Workshop at the Library to ask questions about:

• the Internet
• email
• finding books
• finding articles
• finding electronic books
• and other research questions you might have...

Drop in at the Liberal Arts Campus Library on advertised workshops or make an appointment with Nenita Buenaventura (online databases workshops) at (562) 938-4576.

Drop in at the Pacific Coast Campus Library for assistance or make an appointment at (562) 938-3028.

See Searching Workshops for more information about training available at the Liberal Arts Campus Library and the Pacific Coast Campus Library Library.

Subject Guides

You might browse through our Subject Guides which have specific information about the Library and its collections, such as the guides to finding resources in the Library for Literary Criticism or Research Papers and Speeches (pdf file 59 kb) or the online guide to Writing Papers