Tutorials and Resource Help
- Blackboard Tutorials
- Catalog Tutorials
- Database Tutorials
- netLibrary Tutorials
- Study Tips and Guides
- Other Guides, Tips, and Tutorials
Blackboard
- Blackboard Basics (3 MB PowerPoint File)
- RPCC Blackboard Help
- Blackboard Help Desk Portal (must be logged into Blackboard)
RPCC Library Catalog (Accessing Your Library Account; Searching for Books, DVDs, and Videos)
- Accessing Your Library Account, a slide show.
- Accessing Your Library Account, a printable handout (7 pages).
- Searching the Catalog, a slide show.
- Searching the Catalog, a printable handout (10 pages).
- Other Features of the Online Catalog, a slide show.
- Other Features of the Online Catalog, a printable handout (4 pages).
RPCC Online Databases (How to Search for Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles)
- Databases: An Overview, a slide show.
- Databases: An Overview, a printable handout (7 pages).
Database-Specific Tutorials & Help
- CQ Researcher Help
- CQ Researcher Online - Information and Search Tips (PDF), a printable 2-page handout.
- EBSCO Tutorials: from EBSCOhost Research Databases, the provider of most of our databases; these include several tutorials in Flash, PowerPoint, or both, some also in Spanish and French; also includes database-specific tutorials.
- EBSCOhost Basic Searching for Academic Libraries (PowerPoint, 450kb)
- EBSCOhost Business Searching (PowerPoint, 1.5MB)
- EBSCOhost Literary Reference Center (PowerPoint, 650kb)
- Gale-Cengage Learning - Biography Resource Center Help
- Gale-Cengage Learning - Literature Resource Center Help
- Literature Resource Center Guide to Conducting Literary Research
- Gale-Cengage Learning - Scribner Writers Series Help
- Gale-Cengage Learning - Twayne's Authors Series Help
- JSTOR Basic Search Tutorials
- JSTOR general information and tips (PDF), a printable 2-page handout.
- LexisNexis. Includes 4 tutorials from LexisNexis.
- LexisNexis Online Help. Index of help topics.
- OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) Quick Reference Guide (PDF), a printable 2-page handout.
- OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) Online Help
- World Book Advanced, overview of features. (PowerPoint 7.6MB)
- World Book Advanced, Customer Training Site.
netLibrary (How to Search for e-Books)
- Accessing and Using NetLibrary, a slide show.
- Accessing and Using NetLibrary, a printable handout (5 pages).
- Help from NetLibrary; You will need to login to access NetLibrary's help functions from off-campus; if you need help creating your ID, see the above tutorial or contact the Library.
Study Tips and Guides
- 24-Hour Rule (PDF), or "How to Save Hundreds of Study Hours!"
- Content-Based Reading Strategies (PDF)
- Cornell Note-Taking System (PDF)
- Curve of Forgetting (PDF) More on the 24-Hour Rule
- Effective Note-Taking (PDF)
- Evaluation of Time-Use (PDF)
- Study Skills Checklist (PDF) What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- Study Skills Tips (PDF)
- Studying With Note Cards (PDF)
- Ten Principles of Memory (PDF)
Other Guides, Tips, and Tutorials
- Using the Library's Document and Image Scanners Tutorial (PowerPoint 1.5MB)
- Boolean Operators
- User IDs, Passwords & PINs, a slide show.
- User IDs, Passwords & PINs, a printable handout (3 pages).
- Beginner's Typing Lessons, an online tutorial.