Library Tutorials
David Kent, Librarian

Index of Presentations

 

Funded by a grant from the Distance Learning Council of Washington, Kitty Mackey of Clark College managed and coordinated the IRIS-4-2 project.
The content is generic,  not college-specific , so students anywhere can use it.
Click on the link above to access IRIS 4-2.
 
 
 
 
 
ONLINE CATALOG   (OPAC)

What Is An OPAC?   (and what does it do?)

... [PDF, 4.41 MB, 12 pages]

OPAC-Search-Limiters   (using Quick Limiters and Set Limits Button)

... [PDF, 3.51 MB, 12 pages]

OPAC-Advanced-Search   (truncation, Boolean, and field search)

... [PDF, 1.48 MB, 9 pages]

ONLINE RESOURCES   (Library databases)

A-to-Z e-Journal Index  (to 9,000 full-text e-journal subscriptions)

... [PDF, 2.65 MB, 14 pages]

RESEARCH PROCESS
... [PDF, 2.83 MB, 19 pages] 

Finding Quality Information  (evaluating sources and content)
... [PDF, 413 KB, 8 pages]
 

SEARCH TACTICS
... [PDF, 1.15 MB, 22 pages]
 
... [PDF, 400 KB, 32 pages]
 


DOCUMENTATION  (BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE MANAGEMENT)
 Zotero : Document Your Research (and enjoy something akin to Bibliographic Heaven)
... [PDF, 1.29 MB, 21 pages]

 

Computer-Generated Bibliographic Citations  (can machines get it right?)
... [PDF, 130 KB, 13 pages]