Tutorials and Resource Help

• Blackboard Tutorials
• Catalog Tutorials
• Database Tutorials
• NetLibrary Tutorials
• Study Tips and Guides
• Other Guides, Tips, and Tutorials

---

Blackboard

• Blackboard Basics (1 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 PowerPoint slide show (2.3MB).
• Accessing Your Library Account, a printable handout (8 pages).
• Searching the Catalog, a PowerPoint slide show (4.6MB).
• Searching the Catalog, a printable handout (11 pages).
• Other Features of the Online Catalog, a PowerPoint slide show (1.9MB).
• 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 PowerPoint slide show (1.6MB).
• Databases: An Overview, a printable handout (7 pages).
• Using A-to-Z Full-Text Title List, a PowerPoint slide show (2.2MB).
• Using A-to-Z Full-Text Title List, a printable handout (6 pages).

Database/Resource-Specific Tutorials & Help

• American History in Video offers help with Getting Started, Browsing, Searching, and more.



• AtoZ Maps Online Online Demos includes online video tutorials for using Modern Map and Ancient Map Collections as well as help accessing and using PDF files.



• CQ Researcher Help. You will be prompted to login for off-campus access; use your Library User I (or Alt.ID) and PIN to login.
• CQ Researcher Search Tips. You will be prompted to login for off-campus access; use your Library User I (or Alt.ID) and PIN to login.
• 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 overviews as well as database-specific help. They include several tutorials in Flash, PowerPoint, or both. Some are available for the iPod and some even include an interactive quiz; some are also available in Spanish and French.
• EBSCOhost Basic Searching for Academic Libraries (PowerPoint, 1.35MB)
• EBSCOhost Business Searching (PowerPoint, 265kb)
• EBSCOhost Literary Reference Center (PowerPoint, 651kb)



• Encyclopædia Britannica Online Help
• Encyclopædia Britannica Online Guided Tour, a printer-friendly PDF



• Gale-Cengage: Gale Databases Help provides product overviews and detailed help; it also includes a text reader function.
• Biography Resource Center Help
• Biography Resource Center Toolbox, offers extensive help resources including Search Tips, How to Cite, Research Guide, and more.
• Literature Resource Center Tips includes a Research Guide, a guided tour of Literature Resource Center, and other information
• Help Using Scribner Writers Series
• Help Using Twayne's Authors Series



• Global Road Warrior Online Demos offers video tutorials on Lifecycle, Food and Recipes, and Currency features.



• JSTOR Basic Search Tutorials includes tutorials on advanced and basic searching, working with citations, and more, available is several formats. Click HERE to login to JSTOR for off-campus access. Click on the "About" tab, then "The Archives," and then click on "Tutorials."
• JSTOR Support Channel on YouTube offers several tutorial videos.
• JSTOR general information and tips (PDF), a printable 2-page handout.



• LearningExpress Library Help Center



• LexisNexis, includes 4 tutorials from LexisNexis.
• LexisNexis Online Help Index of help topics.



• OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) Quick Reference Guide, a printable 2-page handout (PDF).
• OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) Online Help



• Oxford Reference Online Help; for off-campus access, you will be prompted to log in.



• World Book Advanced Tutorial, a flash video tutorial that provides detailed information; 10:15 duration.
• Help for World Book Advanced, provides help with the site's main features, searching, articles, and more. For off-campus access, you will be prompted to log in; use your Library User or Alt ID and PIN.
• World Book Advanced, Customer Training Site.
• Interactive Maps, a flash video on using the World Book Interactive Maps and related articles.
• Using Pathfinders, a flash video on Pathfinders, tools used to help locate resources.
• Using Timelines, another flash video, with help using existing timelines in World Book Advanced or to create your own.

---

NetLibrary (How to Search for e-Books)

• Accessing and Using NetLibrary, a PowerPoint slide show (1.7MB).
• 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, a PowerPoint slide show (398kb).
• Boolean Operators, a printer-friendly handout (3 pages).
• User IDs, Passwords & PINs, a PowerPoint slide show (412kb).
• User IDs, Passwords & PINs, a printable handout (3 pages).
• Beginner's Typing Lessons, an online tutorial.

Return to top