Library Instruction Services 

Course-Related Instruction

We offer library instruction sessions tailored to meet the needs of classes and their research assignments. These classes are usually taught in our instruction rooms and give students hands-on experience with library resources. We teach undergraduate and graduate students how to use SCOTTY (the UCR Library Catalog), Melvyl and other electronic indexes and databases, develop search strategies and skills to find, filter and evaluate information, locate Internet resources, and more. We also provide library instruction to other on-campus groups (e.g. staff, faculty). Request a library instruction session by contacting:

• Rivera Library: 
  • Judy Lee,  (909) 787-5486
  • Online Instruction Request Form
• Science Library:
  • Julie Mason, (909) 787-2817
  • Library Instruction Request Form for science disciplines.

Web Tutorials

UCR librarians have developed two online interactive tutorials to teach basic information seeking skills to beginning researchers. The MAGician tutorial is general in nature though somewhat oriented to social sciences and humanities and Rivera Library. The Library Research for Biology tutorial was developed for the Bio 5A course and focuses on scientific information.

New Faculty Orientation

New faculty members are welcome to arrange a personalized orientation and tour of the Library by contacting:

• Science Library:
  • Julie Mason, (909) 787-2817
• Rivera Library: 
  • Judy Lee (909) 787-5486
  • Vicki Bloom, (909) 787-5895

Other Instructional Support

• Reference By Appointment:
  UCR students, faculty and staff can make appointments Monday-Friday, 9-5 for one-on-one consultation with a reference librarian. This can be for the purpose of getting started with a term paper, a research project, or just to learn a new electronic database. Request appointments in-person, by phone, via email, or online:
  •       Rivera Reference by Appointment Request Form
    •       Rivera Reference: rivref@citrus.ucr.edu,    (909) 787-4392
  •       Science Reference by Appointment Request Form
    •       Science Reference:  sciref@citrus.ucr.edu,    (909) 787-3316
      
• Handouts and Help Guides:
  Various handouts describing library services are available at each library and on the Library web site. For example, Proxy Server Information describes how to log on to library resources from your home or office computer. There are also guides that list the search commands for SCOTTY, the MELVYL Catalog and many periodical indexes, along with subject specific bibliographies and research guides.
• Course Reserves:
  Faculty can make course readings available to their students by placing material on Reserve in any campus library.