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Tutorials A-Z

A comprehensive list of critical thinking and information literacy-related instructional material created by CCC Library. Link to and embed this content in your classes.

Using CCC Library tools

To access relevant information, students should be able to:

  • recognize when to search using library tools and not online
  • use basic search strategies (keywords, quotation marks, filters)
  • practice advanced search strategies (controlled vocabulary, Booleans)
  • use the CCC Library catalog to search for and access relevant material
  • use academic databases to search for and access relevant material
  • retrieve pre-made citation information
  • access free full text from a citation

Search strategies for library tools

Select a format (using the tabs above) to access topic- and skill-specific instructional material. Videos include student learning outcomes, accessibility information, and expected completion time. 

YouTube Videos

  • Create better searches with AND, OR, & NOT

Library Webpages

  • Top 3 search tips
  • Basic search strategies
  • Buscar información (en español)
  • Advanced search strategies

Tutorial

Outcomes

Additional Information
Create better searches with AND, OR, and NOT (4m28s)
  • Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to build effective search strings
  • URL: https://youtu.be/gEtJ427C3cM?si=2a1MVm1kpUSx5uGA
  • Closed Captioning available
  • Video transcript (coming soon)
  • Last updated Nov. 2018

Tool: CCC Library Catalog

Select a format (using the tabs above) to access topic- and skill-specific instructional material. Videos and interactive tutorials include student learning outcomes, accessibility information, and expected completion time. 

YouTube Videos

  • Searching in the Catalog

Interactive Tutorials

  • CCC Library Catalog

Library Webpages

  • CCC Library Catalog: Search strategy overview
  • Usar el catálogo de la biblioteca (en español)
  • Request items using Summit and Interlibrary Loan

Special Collections

  • Leveled Readers
  • Young Adult (YA) fiction and non-fiction
  • Tough Topics

Tutorial

Outcomes

Additional Information
Searching in the Catalog (8m32s)
  • Learn how to keyword search in the library catalog.
  • Use different techniques to refine results in the library catalog.
  • Introduces saving items and iterative searching.
  • URL: https://youtu.be/SYgXqcCupT8?list=PLiUBVVM0qG0ytlWechrowrXktojQPB7pY
  • Closed Captioning available
  • Video transcript (coming soon)
  • Last updated May 2024
Tutorial Outcomes Additional Information
CCC Library Catalog (15 minutes to complete)
  • Understand when and how to search the library catalog (also called Primo)
  • Practice iterative searching in the library catalog
  • Adjust keywords and use filters to focus search results
  • URL: https://clackamas.libwizard.com/f/library-catalog-tutorial
  • Content updated June 2025, WCAG compliant.

 

Library guides

Special Collections

Tool: Academic databases

Select a format (using the tabs above) to access topic- and skill-specific instructional material. Videos and interactive tutorials include student learning outcomes, accessibility information, and expected completion time. 

YouTube Videos

  • Academic Search Complete - Filters
  • Academic Search Complete - Getting full text
  • Academic Search Complete - Cite, share, and download articles

Interactive Tutorials

  • Searching in Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
  • Searching in Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)

Library Webpages

  • Search strategy overview: Library databases
  • Usar los bases de datos (en español)
  • A-Z Databases

Database User Guides

  • Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • CINAHL (EBSCO)
  • Google Scholar
  • New York Times
  • PubMed

Tutorial

Outcomes

Additional Information
Academic Search Complete - Filters (3m12s)
  • Apply filters (full text, date, source, subject, and more) to help identify relevant and credible resources in an EBSCO database
  • URL: https://youtu.be/xd7F7oMRNWU
  • Closed captioning available
  • Video transcript (coming soon)
  • Content updated April 2025
Academic Search Complete - Getting full text (2m03s)
  • Access free full text or use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) in an EBSCO database
  • URL: https://youtu.be/gaMTz1ujhZw
  • Closed captioning available
  • Video transcript (coming soon)
  • Content updated April 2025
Academic Search Complete - Cite, share, and download articles (1m39s)
  • Use built-in tools to cite, share, and download articles in an EBSCO database
  • URL: https://youtu.be/d_8wzMgQ9t4
  • Closed captioning available
  • Video transcript (coming soon)
  • Content updated April 2025

 

Topic

Outcomes

Additional Information
Academic Search Complete (15-20 minutes to complete)
  • Perform an iterative search in Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
  • Use filters to improve search results
  • Access article full text
  • Retrieve premade APA and MLA citations
  • URL: https://clackamas.libwizard.com/f/ASC2
  • Content updated June 2025, WCAG compliant.
Opposing Viewpoints (10 minutes to complete)
  • Browse topics
  • Perform a basic search
  • Use database Filters and Limits to improve search results
  • Access the free full text of articles
  • URL: https://clackamas.libwizard.com/f/OV
  • Content updated March 2025, WCAG compliant.

Library Webpages

Database User Guides

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