How to search

How to search

How can you search for and identify relevant information in college education? To support you, the CDC team invites you to explore its thematic guides.

What do the thematic guides contain?

The thematic guides include curated selections of essential resources and information sources related to teaching and learning at the college level, as well as tips for searching on EDUQ.info. These guides are updated regularly, and new themes will continue to be added.

You will find:

• guides related to college-level teaching disciplines;
• guides on topics in college pedagogy;
• information about EDUQ.info, how it works, how to locate documents, and search tips.

* Guides in french, with some resources in english.

How to borrow paper format documents

Loan, renewal, reservation

EDUQ has an extensive collection of digital resources but also offers documents in hard copy. To find a document, consult EDUQ.info and if the document is available on paper, you can borrow it by completing a form. You’ll need this form to reserve a document or to renew a loan.

How to conduct a document search

Here are some resources to help you with your document searches.

Steps to conduct a document search:

1. Specify the search topic
2. Select relevant sources of information and proper search tools
3. Perform the search
4. Access documents or locate them in the library
5. Evaluate the information
6. Cite references

Search tutorials and help guides

• Unlocking Research is a guide to help navigate through the research process (Champlain College St-Lambert).
• Diapason is a learning resource database on how to retrieve information [in French].
• Library Research Skills Tutorial is an interactive tutorial to provide the basics of finding and using information (Concordia University).