Tutorials and Videos | Research Help Guides | Citation Help Guides
Alternative Search Engines | Free Scholarly Resources | Government Reports, Statistics, and Policy
Fact Checking News Sources | Think Tanks | Research and Writing Help | Library Instruction
Tutorials and Videos
- Saddleback College Library YouTube Channel
- Bias and Fake News from Drexel University Libraries
- Scholarly vs. Popular from Peabody Library
- Anatomy of a Scholarly Article from NCSU Libraries
- How to read a research article from UTSA Libraries
- Evaluating Internet Resources from John Hopkins
- Searching with Boolean operators from Carnegie Vincent Library
Research Help Guides
- Library Basics (pdf)
- Locating Information (pdf)
- Articles Chart (pdf)
- Scholarly Articles Checklist (pdf)
- Evaluating Web Sources (news and websites) (pdf)
- Evaluating a Source Chart (pdf)
- Common U.S Domain Chart (pdf)
- Research Project Worksheet (pdf)
Citation Help Guides
Alternative Search Engines
Free Scholarly Resources
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Google Scholar
- Google Books
- HighWire Press (Free Online Full-text Articles)
- Library of Congress American Memory (Good for Primary Sources)
Government, Reports, Statistics, and Policy
- A-Z List of Federal Agencies
- American FactFinder
- Current legislative activities of the House and Senate
- The Daily Journal of the United States Government
Fact Checking News Sources
Think Tanks
Research and Writing Help
- Assignment Calculator - University of Minnesota Libraries
- Saddleback College Writing Center - LRC 210
- LRC Tutoring Services - LRC 212
- Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Library Instruction
There are many ways to work with a librarian at the Saddleback Library!
For Students:
- Meet with a Librarian! For one-on-one research help with a librarian, please fill out the request form. A librarian will contact you with details about your appointment.
- Library Credit Courses
- Library Workshops
For Professors/Instructors:
- Instruction Requests
Please read the Library Instruction Policy to see if your class would benefit from a specialized instruction or a scheduled in-person or online Information Competency Workshop. - Instruction Policy
- Specialized Library Instruction Request To schedule a specialized library instruction, please complete the request form.
For Librarians:
Questions?
Please contact Carolyn Seaman for verification of student attendance,
cseaman@saddleback.edu or (949) 582-4459.