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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

Know when is it better to search in the library using basic and advanced search strategies.

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Title

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  • Create better searches with AND, OR, & NOT
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  • Top 3 search tips
  • Basic search strategies
  • Advanced search strategies
  • Search String Builder
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
  • Last updated Nov. 2018

Tool: CCC Library Catalog

Resources for using the CCC Library Catalog include:

Format
Title

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  • Searching in the Catalog
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  • Searching in PRIMO IN PROGRESS
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Library tool:

  • CCC Library Catalog: Search strategy overview
  • Request items using Summit and Interlibrary Loan

Special Collections user guides:

  • 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
  • Last updated May 2024
Tutorial Outcomes Additional Information
Searching in PRIMO (TBD minutes to complete)
  • List learning outcomes here
  • URL: 
  • Content updated Month YYYY

 

Library guides

Special Collections user guides

Tool: Academic databases

Resources for using academic databases include:

Format
Title

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  • Academic Search Complete - Filters
  • Academic Search Complete - Getting full text
  • Academic Search Complete - Cite and share articles
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  • Searching in Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
  • Searching in Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)
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  • Search strategy overview: Library databases
  • A-Z Databases

Database user guides:

  • Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • CINAHL
  • 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 (new UI).
  • URL: https://youtu.be/xd7F7oMRNWU
  • Closed captioning and transcript available
  • Content updated April 2025
Academic Search Complete - Getting full text (2m03s)
  • Access free full text or use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) in an EBSCO database (new UI).
  • URL: https://youtu.be/gaMTz1ujhZw
  • Closed captioning and transcript available
  • Content updated April 2025
Academic Search Complete - Cite and share articles (1m39s)
  • Use built-in tools to cite, share, and download articles in an EBSCO database (new UI).
  • URL: https://youtu.be/d_8wzMgQ9t4
  • Closed captioning and transcript available
  • Content updated April 2025

 

Tutorial Outcomes Additional Information
Academic Search Complete (15-20 minutes to complete)
  • Perform a basic 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 May 2025
Opposing Viewpoints (TBD minutes)
  • 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

Library guides

Database user guides

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