Instruction Services

Class-Specific Instruction

Class-specific orientations are research workshops provided by CRC Librarians that are tailored to the specific research needs of individual classes.

They are scheduled during your regular class time. Each workshop aims to provide students with basic library research skills.

Instructors may request Class-Specific Orientations by emailing Rochelle Perez at perezr@crc.losrios.edu. Please include the following information in your request:

• Will a research paper or project be assigned?
• When will students receive their research assignment?
• Assignment due date
• Preferred orientation date and time
• Alternative orientation dates and times (if preferred date and time is unavailable)
• Attach a copy of your research assignment and/or syllabus (If you do not have an electronic version of the assignment to attach to email, please send hard copy to Rochelle Perez at the CRC Library)

Based on our experience, students who attend orientations with a list of possible research topics get more out of the sessions than students who have no topics in mind. For this reason, the library highly recommends instructors have their students come up with several possible topics prior to the scheduled orientation date.

Online Research Tutorials

The Library offers Online Research Tutorials (i.e., “library modules”) in the form of short videos. After watching these videos, students can self-register for a Library Tutorial class in D2L to complete quizzes and receive a certificate of completion.

Online Research Tutorial Topics

1. Library Tour
2. Finding Books with the Library Catalog (Introduction and Overview of Searching)
3. Getting Started with Your Research Topic (Topics, Background Information, and Keywords)
4. Finding Articles with Research Databases (Introduction and Overview of Searching)
5. Internet Searching (Coming Soon!)
6. Evaluating Materials (Coming Soon!)
7. Citing Sources
8. Avoiding Plagiarism

If you are an instructor who is considering assigning or recommending your students complete one or more of these Online Research Tutorials and have any questions, please email Emily Bond at bonde@crc.losrios.edu.