Research help

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This search tool is a free, credible, library alternative to Google. Find almost everything CCC Library has to offer to you - items in CCC Library, Summit Libraries, and most article databases. Then refine your search results to identify the best resources.

1. Enter your search terms.

1. Select Search.
2. Select Sign in and log in using your myClackamas email and password.

1. Refine your results by Availability:
   
   • Peer-reviewed - online articles published in peer-reviewed journals
   • Available at CCC - limit to print books in our collection
   • CCC Online Resources - resources you can access online
2. Refine your results by Resource Type:
   
   • Types of resources include newspaper articles, magazine articles, peer-reviewed journal articles, print books, eBooks, streaming videos, book reviews, audio files, DVDs, reference entries (dictionaries and encyclopedias), and more.
   • Think about what type of resource your instructor expects you to use on your assignment. Limit your results to just those acceptable types. 
3. Access the full text of each resource.
   
4. Click on the title of a resource to learn more about it.
   • The resource's record will appear, which tells you more about the item and how to access the full text. See an example.

Contact a CCC librarian if you have any questions!

Call numbers are like street addresses for items in a library. Each line of a call number has meaning.

Call numbers are written horizontally in our library catalog, but are written vertically on the spines of physical books. Vertical call numbers are what you see on our bookshelves.

Example: Body dysmorphia - RC569.5.B64

How to read a vertical call number:

1. First line = letters (subject area)
2. Second line = numbers (sub-topic)
3. Third line = .letter + numbers (author, title)
4. Fourth line = numbers (year published)

Read the numbers in the third line as decimal numbers. Smaller decimal numbers are shelved before larger decimal numbers (so RC569.5.B545 is shelved before RC569.5.B64).

Find the call number range on the end of the stacks. Each general call number will have topic-specific material available in that immediate area. We invite you to browse those sections of CCC Library.