Electronic Reference
Telephone Reference Services. Call the following numbers:
Telephone reference is not for questions requiring extensive research. If this is the case, students and/or faculty will be invited to visit the libraries to consult and evaluate the different resources available.
Private instruction/consultation
Consultation services are provided for instructors and students. Go to Doctor Research for more information.
Online Tutorial and Handouts
Valle Verde Library Starting Points
Valle Verde Library from Your House (PP presentation)
Valle Verde Library Capsules (Mini Tutorials)
Valle Verde Library TILT (In-depth Research Tutorial)
Twelve Steps for a Research Paper (VV Library Handout)
Library Instruction (Offered upon request.)
Call the E.P.C.C. library closest to you. If you get the answering machine, please speak in a clear voice and leave your name, telephone number, most convenient time to call you, center where you teach and days and hour of your class. A librarian will return your call to confirm the request.
Go to V.V. Instruction for more information about classes at the V.V. Library.
Class Visits
If you are an instructor, V.V. Library visits can be scheduled at your convenience. Make sure to let your Instructional Dean know ahead of time. You need his/her approval for this activity.
Visits to Area Libraries
If you are an ESL instructor, visits to the public libraries can be scheduled, also. This will depend on the public library branch schedule and availability. Note that the Ysleta Branch and the Clardy Fox Branch have Literacy Centers. They collect many low level-high interest materials for E.S.L. students. Make sure to let your Instructional Dean know ahead of time about this visit. You need his/her approval for this activity.
Reserves
An instructor may place materials from the E.P.C.C. libraries on reserve, either to keep at the library itself or to take with him/her to the classroom. This material can be of the following sort: dictionaries, L.E.A. Books (low level-high interest fiction books), grammar books, tapes, videos, books about learning English, back issues of magazines not needed at the main campuses, photocopied articles, etc. Materials may be reserved for the entire semester. The instructor will be held financially responsible for the loss or damage of reserved material if housed off-campus.
Mail Service
If the instructor cannot pick up the reserved material, this could be mailed to his/her address.
Fax Service
If you are an instructor, articles can be faxed to your place of work. Individual consultations are provided upon request. Call to request an appointment to talk about your information/research needs.
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