Recommended Web Sites

Local Libraries

• Los Angeles Public Library
• County of Los Angeles Public Library
• California State University Northridge (CSUN)
• List of Local Libraries (phone numbers, addresses, and hours)

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Almanacs & Quick Information

• Country Studies (Library of Congress)
• The World Factbook (CIA)

Computer and Internet Tutorials

• Student Portal Guide - a manual for using the new student information system

• Typing - Learn touch typing
• Microsoft Office Training and Tutorials
• How To - guidelines for using email, staying secure on the internet, searching, etc

Faculty Resources

• Evaluating Information Found on the Internet [by Elizabeth E. Kirk, John Hopkins University Library]
• Copyright & Fair Use [from Stanford University Libraries]
• Plagiarism.org [resources for students and faculty]
• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) Provides access to over a million citations and 107,000 full-text journal and non-journal documents in education.
• California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
• Foundation for California Community Colleges
• Community College League of California