Research Guides: Services for Students: How-to Documents

Using the Library

Help with Research Databases (Finding Articles)

How to Find Background Information on your Topic (CREDO Reference)
Finding background information for your topic. CREDO contains dictionary and encyclopedia entries.

Opposing Viewpoints Guide (from Gale Publishing)
How to use Opposing Viewpoints to find viewpoints, reference articles, videos, and infographics on today’s most debated political and social issues.

How to find articles in Academic Search Complete (EBSCO database)
Step-by-step intructions.
Finding topic ideas and sources in SIRS
Step-by-step instructions for finding topics and articles in the SIRS database.
Setting Up Library Links in Google Scholar
If you search Google Scholar for articles, you may be asked to pay for them. This document gives you instructions for setting up library links that will let you get to some of the articles with your Tri-C credentials.

Help with Videos and Multimedia

Internet Search Help

About Electronic Books...Using Ebooks from Different Publishers

Accessing E-Books

How to access Tri-C and OhioLINK e-books

Adobe Digital Editions download page
Get the latest Adobe Digital Editions if you want to download EBSCO ebooks or transfer ebooks to an ebook reader.

EBSCOhost Ebooks User Guide
How to download and use ebooks from the EBSCOhost Ebook collection.

O'Reilly (formerly Safari)

O'Reilly Help for E-books (ProQuest LibGuides)

Citations generated by e-book platforms may be incorrect. Be sure to check any citation you get from a database or website against the guide for whichever format you are using.

Course-Specific Documents

How to Log into O'Reilly/Safari for The Language of Graphic Design by Richard Poulin
For Sheila Hart's VC & D class