Greenfield Community College

Online Tutorials

Library research tutorials
Sites marked with an asterisk (*) include some content unique to a specific institution--it is suggested that you use the modules that are generic or stop at the point where the material is individualized for a particular institution.

Boolean Searching Tutorial
*CORE:  Comprehensive Online Research Education (Purdue U.)
CSUMB Information Competence Tutorials (California State U., Monterey Bay)
*Guide to Library Research (Duke U.)
Information Competence Tutorial (Cal Poly State U.)
Information Literacy Tutorial (5 Colleges of Ohio)
*Information Literacy Tutorial (Minneapolis Community & Technical College)(includes quizzes)
*Information Literacy Tutorial (UMass Boston)
*Library and Internet Research Tutorial (SUNY & Ulster State Community College)
Library of Congress Call Number System Tutorial (U. of Pittsburgh)
Magician:  Library Research Tutorial (U. of California, Riverside)(includes graphics and quizzes)
OASIS:  Online Advancement of Student Information Skills (San Francisco State U.)(utilizes the same library catalog system as the GCC Library and includes examples)
Pilot (UMass Boston)(includes quizzes with immediate feedback)
Pretest of Library Skills (MCTC)(have students complete this online pretest prior to their visit to the library)
*Quick Study (U. of Minnesota)
*Searchpath (W. Michigan U.)
TILT:  Interactive Library Tutorial (U. of Texas)

Internet Tutorials

Boolean Searching on the Internet (U. of Albany)
Finding Information on the Internet:  a Tutorial (UC Berkeley)
Internet Navigator (an online, self paced, independent study course created by Utah academic librarians)
Internet Tutorials (U. of Albany)
A Modular Approach to Teaching/Learning the World Wide Web (Widener U.)
Sink or Swim:  Internet Search Tools and Techniques (Okanagan U.  College Library)
Specialty Databases (Ohio State)(includes quizzes)

Tutorials on the Research Process
Assignment Calculator (creates a schedule for your research)
Using Boolean logic to narrow your search
Critical Evaluation of Resources
Critically Analyzing Information Sources
Library of Congress call numbers:  a tutorial
Locating and Requesting Books and other Materials (handout)
Selecting a Research Topic
Searchpath (includes quizzes)
Magician
Pilot (includes quizzes with immediate feedback)
Plagiarism Tutorial
TILT
Merlin  (from UMass)
(HINT:  Use our online catalog and Expanded Academic database for the searching exercises)
Information Competence
Oasis (sorry, the quizzes are not accessible)